BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – A man whose father’s decomposed body was discovered in a chained freezer nearly a year ago has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
David Gibson was charged with tampering with physical evidence with intent to impair a human corpse, Bexar County court records show.
Gibson was arrested in August 2024 after Bexar County sheriff’s deputies conducted a welfare check at a home off Rustic Trail in northeast Bexar County.
Inside the home, deputies found the victim’s body badly decomposed inside a freezer.
At the time of the discovery, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said Gibson had been impersonating his father. Authorities said it was unclear how or when the victim died.
In a courtroom on Wednesday, Gibson pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal. He did not face a murder charge. The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the cause of the victim’s death undetermined.
The sentencing hearing was filled with emotion as Matthew Gibson, the victim’s son and David’s brother, addressed the court.
“To disrespect him by placing him in a freezer and not telling anybody — you have no family anymore," Matthew Gibson said. “You are on your own.”
Gibson must serve at least half of his 10-year sentence before he can become eligible for parole.
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