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TEMPE, Ariz. – The skeletal remains of a person were found inside a freezer at a Tempe home, according to a Tempe police release.

A 51-year-old man named Joseph Hill Jr. was custody for concealing a dead body (felony) and failing to report a death (misdemeanor).

According to the release, detectives received a tip that Hill had a body in his backyard freezer where he was Tempe near the intersection of Dorsey Lane and Baseline Road.

Neighbors say Hill Jr. grew up with his mother and father in the home.

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“Officers contacted Hill that day, but he refused to allow officers to look inside the freezer. Hill had noted that his father had died four years earlier,” police wrote.

Detectives later obtained a search warrant, returned to the home and found the skeletal remains.

Investigators have not been able to identify the body parts.

Police have not ruled out additional charges.

Anyone with information was asked to call Tempe Police at 480-350-8311.