Detroit Police discovered the corpse of 93-year-old Clarence Bright at his son’s home on Eastlawn stuffed in a deep freezer in the basement. The body has been stolen from Gethsemane Cemetery on Monday.
Mr Bright was taken in his casket from a mausoleum at Gethsemane Cemetery Monday morning. Witnesses reported seeing a white van pull up shortly before Mr Bright’s body was removed.
Police found the van parked at a Citgo gas station, according to a local television report.
They found the empty casket inside and arrested the two men.
Mr Bright’s son and a 38-year-old man, whose identity was not released, were taken into custody.
Their names and charges have not yet been released.
Investigators initially searched the son’s home on Monday but did not locate the body, the Free Press said