A man who was found dead in a freezer in Minnesota was reportedly hiding from local police.
According to a press release from the Gilbert Police Department, Brandon Lee Buschman was discovered in a chest freezer in the basement of an unoccupied home in Biwabik, Minnesota on June 26. He had an outstanding warrant for his arrest, although the police did not specify for what crime Buschman was wanted.
Police say that he got into the freezer “on his own accord.” It was an older model with only one latching mechanism on the outside. When the 34-year-old climbed in, he jammed a metal lawn ornament rod “from inside of the freezer towards the latching mechanism,” likely thinking that would help him escape. However, he still couldn’t open the freezer from the inside; once he climbed in, he was unable to get out.
The freezer was unplugged at the time of the incident and there was no electricity in the house, which had remained unoccupied since February 2023. According to police, several individuals who knew Buschman had been “present in the home” when he disappeared. Those people told authorities that they saw him “fleeing from the upstairs area of the house due to a possible police presence near the residence.”
During the autopsy, the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office determined that there was no trauma or injury to the body. Toxicology reports haven’t yet been completed. Police are currently trying to figure out the last time someone saw Buschman alive.
