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

The deceased, a woman from Syria and her child, who had been missing for several months, were uncovered on Friday. The cooling units were placed behind a plasterboard wall in the flat, situated in the Innsbruck area.

Two men, a 55-year-old Austrian and his brother aged 53, were taken into custody in the month of June. The older man, a colleague of the Syrian woman, stated to authorities last week that there had been an accident—but rejected intentional killing.

Addressing the media earlier, a representative for the state prosecutor stated the brothers were being kept in custody on "strong suspicion of intentional killing".

The names of those implicated have been withheld by law enforcement, in accordance with local legislation.

Their going missing was first reported by the cousin of the mother, who is based in Germany, on July 25, 2024.

Authorities revealed the male associate told them at the time she had embarked on an long journey with her child to visit her parents in the nation of Turkey.

The victim's bank card was then noted as being active overseas several times.

Yet when police entered the woman's home, her smartphone was located.

Someone also claimed listening to a loud noise in the flat, and screams of "mama" on the date the pair were presumed to have gone missing.

A wider criminal probe was initiated, with authorities finding several texts transmitted via the mother's device—among them a resignation letter to her employer and communications to the 55-year-old suspect.

Authorities said a significant cash transfer was also moved to the suspect.

The head of the State Criminal Police Office told the press on Tuesday that a storage unit had been leased before the mother and child went missing and a cooling unit had been placed there.

The male siblings extracted the freezer from the storage space on the date the woman and her child disappeared, the official revealed. And a seven days after, they purchased an additional appliance.

Authorities believe they think this suggests the deaths were planned in advance.

"How they died was not identifiable due to the advanced decay of the remains," she said.

The prosecutor's spokesman—of the public prosecutor's office—noted the precise timeline is still unclear, but the bodies were carefully placed and went unnoticed during a prior examination.

While the men were detained in the summer, it was not until the 12th of November that the suspect acknowledged an occurrence and to concealing the remains. He denies any plan to cause death, investigators confirmed.

In a related development, his 53-year-old sibling confessed to a attempt to hide evidence but rejected involvement in a killing.

The brothers are currently in pre-trial detention in jails in Innsbruck and Salzburg, situated at a distance.

Via a shared communication, the nation's official for women's affairs and the top legal representative said the "suspected killing of two... symbolizes the swift and cruel conclusion of a mother and child and reveals a cruel system".

"Females of all ages are being murdered due to the simple reality that they are women and girls," they added.

"Femicides are a deeply rooted and issue affecting all of society that we must fight resolutely."