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Dallas Man In Jail After Storing Body In Apartment Freezer, Police Say

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — A Dallas man is in jail after police found a body in his apartment freezer over two weeks ago.

On Sept. 13, police arrested 56-year-old Marcelino Menchaca for abusing a corpse after finding an unidentified body in his apartment on Nogales Drive near Webb Chapel Road.

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Marcelino Menchaca (Courtesy: Dallas Police Department)

There has been no word on who the victim was, how they died and why the body was in Menchaca's freezer.

Menchaca is currently being held in the Dallas County Jail in lieu of a $25,000 bond.

 

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