Woman cleans out late mother’s home, then finds a shocking secret hidden in the freezer, ‘It’s like the script of a horror movie’

A woman in Allariz, Spain, was clearing out her late mother’s home on November 2, 2026, when she stumbled across a horrifying discovery in the freezer — the body of an infant. According to local outlet La Región, she found the remains in a storage area on the ground floor of the building. Now, the Civil Guard in Ourense has opened an investigation into the matter.

While no cause of death is yet known for the infant, analysis suggested that it was a baby born after a gestation period of 32 to 34 weeks. Additionally, it has been determined that the baby did not die recently. In fact, it might have died as long as two decades ago.

Analysis continues to determine when and why the infant died

The remains were initially sent to the Institute of Legal Medicine of Galicia for an autopsy and forensic analysis. Authorities hope to determine whether the baby was stillborn or born alive and whether it died of natural causes. La Región reported that authorities had also sent DNA samples to a lab in Madrid and were interviewing family members of the deceased woman in hopes of identifying the child. While the investigation will continue, if the infant did die as far back as 20 years ago because of a crime, then the statute of limitations has passed.

Neighbors expressed shock over the discovery of the infant’s body. One person told local outlet La Voz de Galicia, “It’s like the script of a horror movie; it’s unbelievable that something like this could happen.”

A neighbor of the deceased woman, speaking about the daughter who had found the infant’s body, added, “I can imagine the shock and how awful it must be for them, thinking that frozen body could be their brother’s.”

Cleaning out someone’s home after they pass away can lead to all kinds of discoveries

While finding dead bodies hidden on a property while cleaning out a deceased person’s home is rare, this is far from the first time it has happened. According to ABC News, a family cleaning out their father’s residence after his death discovered human skeletal remains in an outbuilding. The bones were eventually identified as belonging to the man’s daughter who had reportedly been missing for months.

However, most of what people find when cleaning out the residences of deceased relatives is far less shocking. When BuzzFeed asked people about the strangest things they found while doing this, responses ranged from a deceased cat petrified into a statue (the deceased homeowner had never owned a cat) to hidden six-figure sums of money.

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