Maintenance workers find dead man, then woman’s body is found in freezer, WA cops say

A woman’s body was found in an apartment garage freezer after maintenance workers stumbled upon a man’s body, Washington police said.

Officers responded to the North Bend apartment after the workers found the dead man, identified as David E. Loewe, 60, during a welfare check that was part of an eviction process, the Snoqualmie Police Department said in a Feb. 7 Facebook post.

While officers were searching the apartment Jan. 31, they found Judy M. Loewe, 60, dead “in a large freezer” in the apartment’s garage, police said.

Though an investigation is ongoing, it is believed this was a murder-suicide, police said.

An autopsy found Judy M. Loewe died from a single gunshot wound before being put in the freezer, police said.

North Bend is about 30 miles southeast of Seattle.

Daniella Segura

McClatchy DC

Daniella Segura is a national real-time reporter with McClatchy. Previously, she’s worked as a multimedia journalist for weekly and daily newspapers in the Los Angeles area. Her work has been recognized by the California News Publishers Association. She is also an alumnus of the University of Southern California and UC Berkeley.