An unidentified man has been found dead inside an unplugged refrigerator behind a San Fernando Valley home. Lopez also said the located was apparently the site of an illegal marijuana grow operation.
The body was found about 5:30 a.m.in the 11100 block of Runnymeade Street, said Officer Mike Lopez of the LAPD’s Media Relations Section. A next door neighbor said she noticed an odd smell coming from the home, but did not think twice about it until investigators knocked on her door in the morning.
The refrigerator, with the man’s body still inside, was wheeled out of the backyard, strapped into a coroner’s truck and hauled off late in the afternoon. There have been no arrests but detectives believe they’ve identified the people who ran the operation and are investigating if they are responsible for the body in the fridge. They were also trying to find the owners of a Bentley and Jaguar parked in the home’s driveway.