Man Allegedly Hid Dad's Body in Fridge, Then Impersonated Him on Ring Camera When Cops Came Looking: Police

Mar. 15, 2025

David Michael Gibson.Photo:Bexar County’s Sheriff Office

Bexar County’s Sheriff Office

A Texas man was arrested after his father’s body was found in a freezer in the suspect’s garage — and police allege the son impersonated his deceased dad while speaking with police over a Ring camera.

David Michael Gibson, 48, wasarrestedin connection with the incident, KENS 5, theFort Worth Star-Telegramand KSAT report, citing authorities.

The discovery was made after family members of the victim, who has not been named, requested a welfare check on him on Aug. 8,claiming they had not heard from him in months, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said in a statement last week.

After responding to a San Antonio, Texas, home, a deputy tried to speak with someone who appeared in the Ring doorbell camera claiming he was the man for whom authorities were searching.

The deputy later spoke with the victim’s family members who said, “That voice in that Ring is not our father,” Salazar said.

Once family members were able to go into the home, they found a refrigerator that was “suspicious in nature,” Salazar said.

When the deputy looked inside the refrigerator, he found human remains that were “badly decomposed,” he added. Gibson was then taken into custody.

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Gibson has been charged with tampering with a corpse, authorities said, per the outlets.

It wasn’t immediately clear if Gibson has entered a plea or retained an attorney to speak on his behalf.

source: people.com