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

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

Two men, a Austrian man, 55 and his 53-year-old brother, were detained in June. The older man, a colleague of the female victim, told police last week that there had been an unfortunate event—but denied homicide.

Speaking to reporters recently, a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office announced the brothers were being held on "high likelihood of homicide".

Personal details of those concerned have been withheld by law enforcement, in accordance with Austrian law.

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

Investigators said the woman's colleague claimed at the time she had gone on an prolonged visit with her daughter to visit her parents in the nation of Turkey.

The victim's bank card was then discovered to be utilized in foreign locations on multiple occasions.

Yet when police examined the victim's residence, her cellphone was located.

A witness also claimed overhearing a commotion in the dwelling, and shouts of "mother" on the date the mother and child were thought to have disappeared.

A broader official inquiry was launched, with officers discovering several texts transmitted via the victim's mobile—including a job termination message to her employer and texts to the male colleague.

Officials stated a significant cash transfer was also moved to the suspect.

A senior police official told reporters on recently that a storage facility had been rented out before the vanishing and a cooling unit had been installed within.

The two suspects took out the appliance from the storage space on the day the victims went missing, Tersch revealed. And a week later, they purchased an additional appliance.

Authorities say they consider this points to the deaths were intentionally orchestrated.

"How they died could not be determined due to the advanced decay of the victims," she stated.

Mayr—of the public prosecutor's office—said the precise timeline is not yet known, but the bodies were expertly concealed and went unnoticed during a previous house search.

Although the brothers were detained in June, it was not until the 12th of November that the elder brother acknowledged an incident and to concealing the remains. He disputes any intent to kill, officials stated.

At the same time, his brother acknowledged a concealment but rejected awareness of a homicide.

The pair are presently in custody awaiting trial in jails in two Austrian cities, approximately 189 kilometers away from each other.

Via a shared communication, the nation's official for women's affairs and the top legal representative stated the "reported homicide of mother and child... symbolizes the sudden and brutal end of a mother and child and uncovers a brutal scheme".

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

"Gender-based killings are a profoundly embedded and widespread concern that we must combat firmly."