LA PRAIRIE: A Canadian man was arrested on Friday after his motherÂ’s corpse was found stuffed inside a freezer. Police made the grisly discovery on Thursday while searching the sonÂ’s home after a local clinic reported it had not heard from the 73-year-old woman for weeks, said police sergeant Martine Isabelle. The womanÂ’s 50-year-old son, Daniel Martin, turned himself in to police on Thursday, said Isabelle.
| MartinÂ’s lawyer, Marc-Andre Gauthier, has requested a psychiatric evaluation. |
Isabelle said an autopsy could not be performed Friday because the corpse was still frozen. She said the man has been charged with improperly disposing of a body and he could face additional accusations. “We have to wait for the autopsy to know if it was a natural death or if it was a homicide,” said Isabelle. Martin’s lawyer, Marc-Andre Gauthier, has requested a psychiatric evaluation.
| Right. You agree to represent a guy who put Mom in the freezer, you probably need your head examined. |
Neighbours said on Friday that they never saw Martin interact with anyone. “I didn’t know his mother lived with him. I always thought he lived alone. He was really strange,” said neighbour Carole Legault who has lived a few houses away from Martin for the last five years. She said it’s horrible the woman was found in the freezer, adding, “Maybe he wanted to keep her. Maybe he is scared of the authorities and thought it would be better to keep her in the house.” |