Death of woman found in McKees Rocks refrigerator ruled a homicide

A woman whose body was found May 4 in a refrigerator stowed in the hallway of a McKees Rocks apartment building was slain, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office said Tuesday.

The woman, Kristy Jefferson, 38, of McKees Rocks was inside a refrigerator that was sitting in a second floor hallway of a building in the 100 block of Helen Street, according to police.

The medical examiner ruled the manner of death a homicide, although the office hasn’t determined what caused her demise.

Jefferson was last seen by a neighbor April 29, authorities wrote in a criminal complaint charging the woman’s boyfriend with abuse of a corpse.

Daryl Jones, 41, has been held without bail in Allegheny County Jail on the charge since May. No new charges had been filed as of Tuesday afternoon.

“We are in consultation with the district attorney’s office concerning possible charges,” Allegheny County Police Lt. Venerando Costa said Tuesday.

Jefferson was found in the refrigerator by neighbors who noticed a smell in the hallway of the apartment building, police said.

Neighbors told police Jefferson had been staying with Jones for a few weeks before her body was found, according to the criminal complaint filed against Jones.