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He then found his mother incoherent and with severe frostbite on her legs.

Theresa Christian, 59, had not been seen or heard from since Saturday. Calling and knocking on her door produced no response, so family members had her apartment's maintenance crew let them in

Christian couldn’t tell cops exactly how she ended up in her frigid prison, but the fact that the insulation was torn out of the freezer may have saved her life.

"Possibly that she thought maybe there was a tornado coming, but they're not really sure why or how she got there," said TPD Cpl. Daisy Vallely.

Avoid any unnecessary exertion and hope there is enough oxygen in the enclosed space to last until help arrives

don't inhale too much of the carbon dioxide you've expelled while breathing.

Linda Gent, 53, is thought to have died of hypothermia after being locked in the industrial freezer for 15 hours.