Investigators concluded that Larry went into the supermarket after leaving his home and climbed on the top of the store’s coolers.
It’s believed he fell into the gap between the back of the units and devastatingly, became trapped.
Sergeant Brandon Danielson said it would have been a 12-foot fall and the noise of the freezer units would have been ‘so loud’ there was ‘probably no way anyone heard him.’
After learning of his son’s fate, Larry’s father, Victor Murillo, spoke of his ‘pain’ and ‘distress.’
He told KETV: “Our heads are spinning, finding this out after so many years, and it is distressing, it makes us feel a lot of pain.
“They closed the building. The freezers weren’t working anymore. So how can a body just be there?”
Former staff and shoppers reportedly complained they could smell something terrible coming from the freezer area, however, it was always dismissed.