Our bodies of lacking mum and baby present in freezers in Austria

[ad_1] <img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/05be/live/14516f80-c4a3-11f0-8aea-2f1dd0f97a88.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/05be/live/14516f80-c4a3-11f0-8aea-2f1dd0f97a88.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/05be/live/14516f80-c4a3-11f0-8aea-2f1dd0f97a88.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/05be/live/14516f80-c4a3-11f0-8aea-2f1dd0f97a88.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/05be/live/14516f80-c4a3-11f0-8aea-2f1dd0f97a88.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/05be/live/14516f80-c4a3-11f0-8aea-2f1dd0f97a88.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/05be/live/14516f80-c4a3-11f0-8aea-2f1dd0f97a88.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/05be/live/14516f80-c4a3-11f0-8aea-2f1dd0f97a88.jpg.webp" loading="eager" alt="Getty Images Police cars in Innsbruck, western Austria" class="sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA"/> Getty Photographs The our bodies of a 34-year-old lady and her daughter, 10, have been discovered inside freezers in an condo in western Austria.

The stays of the Syrian lady and baby, who had been lacking for a number of months, have been found on Friday. The freezers have been hidden behind a drywall partition within the flat, situated within the metropolis of Innsbruck.

Two males, a 55-year-old Austrian and his 53-year-old brother, have been arrested in June. The older man, a colleague of the Syrian lady, informed police final week there had been an accident - however denied homicide.

Chatting with reporters earlier, Hansjörg Mayr, a spokesman for the general public prosecutor's workplace, mentioned the pair have been being held on "sturdy suspicion of homicide".

The names of these concerned haven't been launched by police, in accordance with Austrian regulation.

The household's disappearance was first reported by the lady's cousin, who lives in Germany, on 25 July 2024.

Police mentioned the lady's colleague - the 55-year-old man - informed them on the time she had gone on an prolonged journey along with her baby to go to her dad and mom in Turkey.

Her financial institution card was then discovered to have been used overseas a number of occasions.

However when police searched the lady's dwelling, her cell phone was discovered.

A witness additionally reported listening to a loud noise within the condo, and cries of "mama", on the day the 2 have been thought to have disappeared.

A wider police investigation was launched, with officers discovering varied messages despatched from the lady's cellphone - together with a resignation letter to her employer and messages to the male colleague.

Authorities mentioned a four-figure sum was additionally transferred to the person.

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/d642/live/113969d0-c492-11f0-808b-61cc5800bdec.png.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/d642/live/113969d0-c492-11f0-808b-61cc5800bdec.png.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/d642/live/113969d0-c492-11f0-808b-61cc5800bdec.png.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/d642/live/113969d0-c492-11f0-808b-61cc5800bdec.png.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/d642/live/113969d0-c492-11f0-808b-61cc5800bdec.png.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/d642/live/113969d0-c492-11f0-808b-61cc5800bdec.png.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/d642/live/113969d0-c492-11f0-808b-61cc5800bdec.png.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/d642/live/113969d0-c492-11f0-808b-61cc5800bdec.png.webp" loading="lazy" alt="A map of Austria showing locations of Innsbruck and Vienna. " class="sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA"/> Katja Tersch, head of the State Felony Police Workplace in Tyrol, informed reporters on Tuesday {that a} storage unit had been rented out earlier than the victims' disappearance and a freezer had been positioned there.

The brothers eliminated the freezer from the unit on the day the lady and her baby disappeared, Tersch mentioned. And every week later, they acquired one other freezer.

Authorities say they imagine this implies the deaths have been premeditated.

"The reason for loss of life couldn't be decided as a result of state of decomposition of the our bodies," Tersch mentioned.

Mayr - of the general public prosecutor's workplace - mentioned the precise sequence of occasions shouldn't be but identified, however the our bodies have been professionally hidden and never found throughout a earlier home search.

Whereas the brothers have been arrested in June, it was not till 12 November that the 55-year-old admitted to an incident and to hiding the our bodies. He denies any intent to kill, authorities mentioned.

In the meantime, his youthful brother admitted to a cover-up however denied data of a murder.

The pair are presently in pre-trial detention in prisons in Innsbruck and Salzburg, round 117 miles (189km) aside.

In a joint assertion, Austria's Minister for Ladies Eva-Maria Holzleitner and Justice Minister Anna Sporrer mentioned the "alleged double homicide... represents the sudden and brutal finish of two human lives and exposes a merciless system".