A North Carolina woman sought after her mother’s corpse was found in a freezer sold at a yard sale has been arrested, Goldsboro police said Friday.
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Police arrested Marcella Lee, 56, 160km south of the Goldsboro home where she lived with her mother. They’d been looking for her for months on a felony charge of failure to report a death.
A neighbor of Roush’s said Lee frequently gave him a different story as to the whereabouts of her mother.
Ms Lee allegedly told the buyer that the appliance was being used as a “time machine” and that it should not be opened. Police found the remains of Arma Ann Roush, 75, in a chest freezer.
The medical examiner listed Roush’s death as unknown with no apparent signs of foul play.
In a 911 call she said: ‘I have a serious problem.
Told the neighbor via WRAL: ‘She sold me her frozen mother for $30. My neighbor sold me a deep freezer.
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Lee is charged with concealing/failure to report a death and was booked in the New Hanover County Jail under a $50,000 bond. I am freaking out.’ . She is being transported to Wayne County for her first appearance on September 19. She’s now in jail under a $50,000 secured bond.
