69-yo restaurant employee found dead in walk-in freezer
69-yo restaurant employee found dead in walk-in freezer
2026-02-24
The owner of a well-known restaurant in Taipei’s Wenshan District was left in horror on Tuesday, when she opened up shop for the first time after the Lunar New Year break. While fetching ingredients from the walk-in freezer, she found the body of a 69-year-old employee inside. The police worked out that the employee had locked herself inside the freezer on Monday night. Because she was only found 12 hours later, she had long passed away from hypothermia.
Soon after lunchtime, the restaurant pulls down its security shutter.
Eyewitness
Wenshan District, Taipei
There was an ambulance and a fire truck. The police also entered the alleyways, probably to do a quick inspection. It seemed pretty serious.
Shopkeepers nearby are in chatters over what transpired. It’s only the second business day after the Lunar New Year break, but a great number of police officers and medics had gathered around the front and backdoor of the restaurant.
Eyewitness
Wenshan District, Taipei
An employee was found in the walk-in freezer, to which the door was locked and couldn’t be opened. They probably wanted to save her, but by then she’d already passed away. It was already too late.
The restaurant is located in Taipei’s Wenshan District, a well-known, 40-year-old establishment. According to the police, the woman trapped in the walk-in freezer was an employee.
Ma Sheng-chieh
FTV reporter
The large walk-in freezer is right by the kitchen at the restaurant’s backdoor. The owner was about to prep for the day, but couldn’t get the freezer’s door to open. She later broke in, and was shocked to find her employee’s body inside.
The employee was a 69-year-old woman surnamed Liu. She had been with the restaurant for more than 20 years. The restaurant was not open on Monday. At 11 p.m. that day, she told her family members that she was going out to meet friends, but actually headed to the restaurant alone. She then went into the walk-in freezer, which is set at -10°C and has enough room for three to four people. Once inside, she locked the door. Strangely, the door actually has an emergency lock-breaking mechanism that can be activated from the interior. The woman also had her phone with her, but she did not reach out for help in the 12 hours she was inside the freezer and there weren’t any traces that suggest she may have tried to escape. She died from hypothermia, and her body was found by the restaurant owner the very next day.
Kao Da-cheng
Forensic pathologist (unrelated to case)
She was exposed to a temperature of -10°C, so she wouldn’t have lasted more than four hours or perhaps not even two. One is prone to dehydration in freezing temperatures. You would lose consciousness quickly and wouldn’t be able to save yourself.
The police ruled out the possibility of murder. They also found that the deceased had large debts, and are determining whether she may have intentionally taken her own life.
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台北40年餐廳離奇命案! 69歲女員工"反鎖冷凍庫"失溫亡
2026-02-24
餐廳女員工，離奇陳屍在廚房的冷凍庫！命案發生在台北市文山區，一間經營40多年，擁有多家分店的知名餐廳，警方初步調查，這一名69歲的女員工，昨（23號）晚，自行走進廚房的大型冷凍庫，反鎖大門，在零下低溫的環境，待了長達12小時，直到隔天才被老闆娘發現，早已失溫死亡。
餐廳休息時間，老闆急忙將鐵門拉下來。
[[目擊民眾]]
“有救護車跟消防車來。有警察到後巷去，應該是做簡單的勘察，就是蠻嚴重的感覺。”
附近店家，議論紛紛，因為大年初八一早，看到餐廳前門、後門，聚集大批員警，還有救護人員。
[[目擊民眾(變音處理)]]
“有員工在冰櫃裡面，然後門是(鎖住)開不出來。他們可能是想說，想要救救看，但是應該是發現人已經死掉了，沒有辦法再救了。”
這家餐廳位在台北文山區，是在地經營40年的知名餐廳，警方調查，原來是餐廳自家女員工，離奇陳屍廚房內的大型冷凍庫。
[[民視記者 馬聖傑]]
“大型(冷凍)冰櫃就放置在餐廳後方的廚房，老闆娘一早要備料的時候，發現冷凍庫 怎麼打都打不開，她自行破門，驚見自家女員工陳屍在裡頭。”
死者是69歲的劉姓女員工，在這家餐廳工作20幾年，23號餐廳沒營業，她在晚上11點多，與家人說要找朋友，卻獨自前往工作的餐廳，之後帶著手機走進零下10多度的，可容納三到四人的冷凍庫，反鎖第一道大門。離奇的是，冷凍庫有緊急開鎖裝置，劉姓女員工也有帶手機，被困在冷凍庫長達12個小時的期間，沒求助、也沒逃生跡象，失溫死亡。最後被老闆娘發現。
[[聲源:非當事法醫 高大成]]
“因為她(死者)是在零下十度，所以大概撐不到四個小時，有時候可能兩個小時就再見了。冷凍很容易脫水，她就會昏迷，沒有辦法自救。”
警方初步排除他殺可能，調查發現，死者疑似有債務問題，是不是因此想不開，種種疑點，還有待釐清。
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