Tragic Unearthing: Remains of Missing Mum and Daughter Found in Freezing Units in the Alpine Nation

The bodies of a mother aged 34 and her 10-year-old daughter have been located inside freezing appliances in an residence in western Austria.

The deceased, a woman from Syria and her child, who had been missing for a number of months, were uncovered on Friday. The freezers were hidden behind a false wall in the dwelling, located in the Innsbruck area.

A pair of males, a Austrian man, 55 and his 53-year-old brother, were taken into custody in June. The elder brother, a work associate of the female victim, informed police last week that there had been an unfortunate event—but denied homicide.

Informing reporters previously, a spokesman for the state prosecutor said the pair were being kept in custody on "high likelihood of homicide".

Personal details of those involved have not been disclosed by police, in accordance with Austrian law.

The family's disappearance was originally brought to light by the female victim's relative, who resides in Germany, on the 25th of July last year.

Police said the 55-year-old suspect told them at the time she had taken an long journey with her child to visit her parents in Turkey.

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

But when officers examined the woman's home, her smartphone was located.

An individual also reported listening to a disturbing sound in the flat, and screams of "mother" on the occasion the two were believed to have vanished.

A wider official inquiry was initiated, with authorities discovering several texts sent from the mother's device—among them a job termination message to her workplace and texts to the male associate.

Authorities said a amount in the thousands was also transferred to the man.

The head of the State Criminal Police Office stated to the press on Tuesday that a rented space had been leased before the victims' disappearance and a freezer had been placed there.

The brothers extracted the freezer from the storage space on the day the victims vanished, she stated. And a shortly afterward, they acquired another freezer.

Officials say they think this points to the demise were planned in advance.

"The reason for their demise remains unclear due to the advanced decay of the bodies," she said.

A legal representative—representing the state—stated the exact sequence of events is yet to be determined, but the bodies were expertly concealed and not discovered during a prior examination.

Although the brothers were taken into custody in the summer, it was not until November 12 that the elder brother confessed to an event and to storing the victims. He rejects any plan to cause death, officials said.

In a related development, his 53-year-old sibling confessed to a concealment but denied involvement in a homicide.

The two suspects are currently in pre-trial detention in detention centers in Innsbruck and Salzburg, approximately 189 kilometers away from each other.

In a joint statement, Austria's Minister for Women and Justice Minister said the "alleged double murder... symbolizes the abrupt and violent termination of two human lives and reveals a heartless setup".

"Women and girls are being murdered due to the simple reality that they are of the female gender," they went on to say.

"Murders of women are a strongly established and issue affecting all of society that we must address decisively."