Disturbing Find: Remains of Vanished Mum and Daughter Located in Freezers in the Alpine Nation

The remains of a 34-year-old woman and her young daughter, 10 have been found inside freezing appliances in an flat in the western part of Austria.

The deceased, a Syrian woman and her child, who had been missing for several months, were found on the end of last week. The freezers were placed behind a false wall in the dwelling, situated in the Innsbruck area.

A pair of males, a 55-year-old Austrian and his 53-year-old brother, were detained in the month of June. The elder brother, a colleague of the Syrian woman, informed police last week that there had been an unfortunate event—but denied murder.

Informing the media previously, a representative for the public prosecutor's office said the brothers were being kept in custody on "strong suspicion of murder".

The identities of those implicated have been withheld by authorities, in accordance with Austrian law.

The family's disappearance was initially flagged by the cousin of the mother, who lives in Germany, on the 25th of July last year.

Police revealed the male associate informed them at the time she had gone on an extended trip with her daughter to see her family in the nation of Turkey.

The victim's bank card was then found to have been used abroad on multiple occasions.

However when officers examined the woman's home, her cellphone was found.

Someone also claimed listening to a disturbing sound in the flat, and shouts of "mum" on the date the two were thought to have disappeared.

An expanded criminal probe was initiated, with investigators discovering several texts originating from the mother's device—among them a job termination message to her workplace and messages to the 55-year-old suspect.

Law enforcement said a four-figure sum was also transferred to the man.

The head of the State Criminal Police Office informed media representatives on that day that a rented space had been rented out before the victims' disappearance and a freezing appliance had been installed within.

The brothers removed the freezer from the storage space on the date the mother and daughter went missing, she revealed. And a week later, they acquired another freezer.

Authorities state they consider this suggests the fatalities were intentionally orchestrated.

"The reason for their demise could not be determined due to the advanced decay of the bodies," Tersch said.

The prosecutor's spokesman—of the public prosecutor's office—stated the exact sequence of events is yet to be determined, but the victims were carefully placed and went unnoticed during a earlier inspection.

Although the men were arrested in June, it was only on 12 November that the suspect admitted to an incident and to storing the victims. He rejects any murderous intent, officials stated.

At the same time, his brother acknowledged a cover-up but denied awareness of a homicide.

The two suspects are presently in detention before court proceedings in jails in two Austrian cities, approximately 189 kilometers away from each other.

In a joint statement, Austria's Minister for Women and the top legal representative declared the "suspected killing of two... represents the swift and cruel conclusion of two human lives and exposes a heartless setup".

"Women and girls are being killed due to the simple reality that they are female," they added.

"Murders of women are a profoundly embedded and widespread concern that we must combat firmly."