A Israeli woman and her partner were arrested on suspicion that they stashed her 93-year-old Holocaust survivor mother in an ice cream freezer, before burying the body in a three-meter deep pit in their backyard.

With the body now hidden, the pair were able to continue to receive the Holocaust survivor's $5,500 per month benefits from the State of Germany.

The daughter's partner took his own life after the discovery, with Israeli police still awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine how the daughter's mother, Maina Tolstikov, died. The incident occurred in the Galilee region of Israel.