Police say the Iron Range man whose body was found inside a chest freezer was trying to escape from authorities.

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on June 26, the Gilbert Police Department responded to 304 4th Avenue North in Biwabik after a man was found dead in a chest freezer.

The man was identified as 34-year-old Brandon Lee Buschman of Babbitt, according to the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office.

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