FL-Miami, Woman's body found inside freezer at Dollar Tree Store, Dec. 14, 2025

[Gemmie]

I went searching for an update hoping for some answers, but the additional information has only raised further questions

According to Miami Police, the woman, later identified as 32-year-old Helen Massiell Garay Sanchez, was found inside the Dollar Tree's freezer.

"Complainant found a naked female in the cooler of the store," dispatchers are heard saying over the police scanners.

According to a GoFundMe page said to be set up by her family, Garay was a physician originally from Nicaragua. The fundraiser page described Garay as a devoted doctor and a beloved mother of two children.

The page said Garay was an anesthesiologist who specialized in congenital heart disease, noting that her work brought "hope and healing to countless children and families." According to the fundraising page, Garay died following what the family described as a "tragic accident while abroad."

Questions linger after woman from Nicaragua is found dead inside Dollar Tree freezer in Miami

Miami police are investigating after a 32-year-old woman was found dead inside a Dollar Tree freezer in Little Havana.

www.cbsnews.com

Naked? This isn't sounding good.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Naked? This isn't sounding good.

When the story first struck... we theorized she may have overheated with the shock of the freezing temps...
Still makes no sense.
Given the language of the relatives (tragic accident) my guess is now that this was a suicide....
but how and why in this manner. ???

I was soooo hoping this new post was going to give us some answers.

 

[Bigditch]

I think SA. Jmo

 

[AnyNameIWish]

When the story first struck... we theorized she may have overheated with the shock of the freezing temps...
Still makes no sense.
Given the language of the relatives (tragic accident) my guess is now that this was a suicide....
but how and why in this manner. ???

I was soooo hoping this new post was going to give us some answers.

There's a thing called "paroxysmal undressing" in people who are exposed to life threatening cold temperatures.

Boring pubmed article: but this refers to people who were intoxicated.

"Paradoxical undressing" in fatal hypothermia - PubMed

The phenomenon called paradoxical undressing has been described from 33 cases of hypothermia collected from Swedish police reports. The cases were almost evenly distributed with regard to sex, age, and geographical distribution. The cases occurred more frequently in open land although cases from...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

"It is concluded that paradoxical undressing might be explained by changes in peripheral vasoconstriction in the deeply hypothermic person. It represents the last effort of the victim and is followed almost immediately by unconsciousness and death."

Also....

Hypothermia, paradoxical undressing and the Dyatlov Pass

Feeling strangely hot, some hypothermia victims remove layers of clothes before dying from the cold

www.theguardian.com