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

The deceased, a woman from Syria and her daughter, who had been missing for several months, were uncovered on the end of last week. The freezers were hidden behind a drywall partition in the dwelling, situated in the Innsbruck area.

Two individuals, a Austrian man, 55 and his 53-year-old brother, were arrested in the month of June. The 55-year-old, a work associate of the female victim, informed police last week that there had been an accident—but denied intentional killing.

Speaking to the media previously, a spokesman for the legal authorities said the pair were being kept in custody on "strong suspicion of intentional killing".

The identities of those implicated have not been disclosed by law enforcement, in accordance with Austrian law.

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

Authorities revealed the 55-year-old suspect claimed at the time she had embarked on an long journey with her child to see her family in the nation of Turkey.

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

However when officers searched the mother's apartment, her smartphone was found.

An individual also reported listening to a commotion in the dwelling, and screams of "mama" on the day the pair were presumed to have gone missing.

A wider criminal probe was launched, with authorities discovering several texts transmitted via the victim's mobile—such as a notice of quitting to her company and texts to the male colleague.

Law enforcement stated a four-figure sum was also transferred to the individual.

A senior police official informed the press on that day that a storage facility had been leased before the vanishing and a cooling unit had been positioned inside.

The two suspects took out the cooling unit from the facility on the day the woman and her child disappeared, Tersch stated. And a shortly afterward, they obtained another freezer.

Investigators state they think this indicates the deaths were premeditated.

"The reason for their demise remains unclear due to the state of decomposition of the victims," she commented.

A legal representative—of the public prosecutor's office—noted the precise timeline is not yet known, but the bodies were professionally hidden and not discovered during a previous house search.

While the suspects were taken into custody in the summer, it was only on the 12th of November that the suspect admitted to an incident and to concealing the remains. He denies any intent to kill, investigators confirmed.

Meanwhile, his 53-year-old sibling admitted to a attempt to hide evidence but denied involvement in a murder.

The two suspects are currently in custody awaiting trial in prisons in separate locations, situated at a distance.

In a joint statement, the nation's official for women's affairs and the top legal representative stated the "suspected killing of two... represents the sudden and brutal end of two individuals and exposes a cruel system".

"Females of all ages are being killed due to the sole reason that they are women and girls," they went on to say.

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