Mystery as missing man’s body is found in giant block of ice behind Pennslyvania restaurant
Pals of chef Jose Quiroz Marcial, 29, raised the alarm when he vanished in December - but his corpse was found stuck in an abandoned pool earlier this week
THE body of a missing restaurant worker, 29, has been found "encased" in the ice of a frozen swimming pool.
Pals of chef Jose Quiroz Marcial, 29, raised the alarm when he went missing in December - but his corpse was found stuck in an abandoned pool earlier this week.
Cops in New Hope cut Mexican-born Marcial free from the ice, before rifling through his wallet to work out his real ID.
He had been found by a builder who was renovating the nearby Logan Inn restaurant.
Colleagues at the Station restaurant in Lambertville told how Marcial worked his way up from a dishwasher to one of the top chefs in just five years - but went missing in late December.
They believed he had been detained by US immigration officials.
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His identity was confirmed by friend Marsha Brown.
The abandoned pool where his body was found is surrounded by high wooden fences - and investigators are trying to determine how and why he ended up in there.
New Hope police said on Wednesday that his death was being treated as accidental.
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