A WOMAN’S frozen body has been found inside a freezer by a couple moving into a new home.
In a shocking twist, the suspect‘s girlfriend was reportedly the one to call cops after making the grim discovery on Sunday.
Manuela Vieira Matos Silva, 29, was found dead by a woman who was in the process of moving into the house, Globo reported.
The woman was reportedly looking for her boyfriend at their residence in Vitória da Conquista, Brazil, after she had not heard from him in days.
Once there, she noticed several items that weren’t hers and realised something was wrong.
After searching the home, she opened the freezer and shockingly found a body inside.
Cops rushed to the scene and confirmed it was Manuela who was reported missing on Friday.
She was reportedly last seen in the city centre talking to a man.
Lucas Santos Lima, 29, the boyfriend of the woman who discovered the body, was arrested on Monday.
Police are carrying at forensic investigations.
The Institute of Legal Medicine (IML) have not yet confirmed the cause of death.
It comes after a body has been found amid the hunt for a missing American Airlines flight attendant.
The grisly discovery was made in a rural area south of Medellín, Colombia, days after Eric Fernando Gutierrez Molina mysteriously disappeared.
Medellín Mayor Federico Gutiérrez announced the “sad news” in a post on X.
He wrote: “Since last Sunday, we have been searching for Eric Gutiérrez, a US citizen who is missing.
“Unfortunately, a lifeless body has just been found between the municipality of Jericó and Puente Iglesias. There is a very high probability that it is this person.”
The body, believed to be Molina’s, was transported to Medellín for identification and autopsy, according to the New York Post.
No suspects have been arrested in the discovery of the body and no cause of death has been revealed.
The 32-year-old crew member based in Dallas–Fort Worth, vanished while on an overnight stop in Medellín, according to officials.
