Well, we now the details behind that dead body, and it’s more horrific that you can imagine.
From Daily Mail:
The family of a Louisiana Arby's manager who froze to to death in a walk-in freezer is now suing the fast food giant over claims that employees had complained the latch was broken on the door.
Nguyet Le, 63, was alone in the restaurant around 9am on May 11 preparing for the store's opening when she became trapped inside the food cooler. Her son, who also works at the Arby's, made the horrifying discovery.
New Iberia Police said there were blood stains on the doors which showed that she was trying to escape, but eventually collapsed into a fetal position. A preliminary report from the coroner's office confirmed the mother-of-four died of hypothermia.
Attorney Paul Skrabanek, who is representing the family, is calling for a formal investigation into the restaurant's alleged freezer malfunctions. A former employee told him that the latch on the cooler was not working properly since August, and that the problem was known and ignored by management.
He said the family is suing, in part, because his inquiries to Arby's would have gone unanswered. The family is seeking more than $1millon in damages.
A former male employee, who did not want to be identified, told KATC News that multiple work orders were submitted to fix the broken latch.
He had also taken photos inside the the freezer from prior complaints.
'They've known about it,' he said. 'Workers have complained.'
It is unclear what the temperature was the day Le was trapped inside and the length of time she was fighting to survive.
The freezer is supposed to be negative 10 degrees by Arby's standards, as per the former employee, but said the temperature is kept lower than that.
'I believe she got stuck in freezer door and no one was there to help her out,' he said.
According to the lawsuit, employees were using a screwdriver to help open and close the latch to the walk-in cooler, as per a former Arby's employee.
The suit also alleges that employees were in the habit of propping open the door with a box of oil because they didn't want it to close all the way.
That poor woman’s final moments must’ve been absolutely horrific. And that really sad part is that she was only working at that store temporarily and now she’s dead.
If you ask me, that family deserves a lot more than $1 million bucks for what she and her family had to go through.
