A St. Louis man said he made a disturbing find inside his mother’s freezer.
Adam Smith said his mother lived in the same apartment complex for decades, and he recently moved back into her apartment to help her after her cancer diagnosis.
“I’m 37 and it has been in my freezer for 37 years and I was always told it was a wedding cake top,” Smith told the KSDK.
When he opened it, he found a frozen baby.
“It turns out it was a baby,” Smith said, adding that the child was wrapped in a pink fleece.
“It still had skin hair and everything, it was mummified,” he said. “After that, I freaked out, put it in the box and called police right away.”
The man said he never thought to look inside the box when he lived there.
“I’ve asked her several times, it was either a no-no conversation or blew me off. My mom has always been secretive about things about life,” he said.
Smith said that his mother had mentioned a sibling dying before his birth.
“We’re saying 46 or 47. That’s how long, I’m assuming it is my sister, been in a box in a freezer for this long,” Smith added.
After learning about the disturbing discovery, Smith had a range of emotions.
“I’m more confused, angry,” he said. “I just want to find closure, I want to find more answers.”
Police are still investigating.
According to KMOV, an autopsy is being conducted to determine the child’s cause of death.
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