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A body was found in a basement in Vienna during renovation work. Now the cause of death and identity should be clarified.
Vienna – In a basement in Vienna-Margareten, a group of construction workers went down to the basement last Tuesday (April 16) to do preparatory work for concreting. They found a body in an unused basement compartment and alerted the police.
Construction workers find body in Vienna basement during renovation work
The building in the fifth district is to be renovated, including the basement of the residential building. The plastic bag containing the body was located in one of the unlocked basement compartments, which does not appear to be assigned to any party in the house. Since the cellar was obviously not used much, no one had noticed the smell of decay.
Police spokeswoman Julia Schick confirms this defaultthat the discovery was a body packed in a black plastic bag. The body was already badly decomposed, but not dismembered. Gender and identity were initially unclear. She did not comment on reports claiming that the body's head was found severed in the basement.
Up to a year in the cellar: Forensic medicine determines death due to external influence
The body was seized and handed over to the medical examiner's office. How today.at reported, according to the autopsy results, it was a young male person who died due to external influence. The examinations showed defensive injuries to the hands as well as stab wounds to the back and neck area.
The degree of decomposition of the body shows that the dead person must have been in the basement for a long time. Forensics believe the body had been in the house for anywhere from several months to up to a year. A son hid his mother's body in the basement for twice as long.
Investigations are ongoing – the identity of the body remains unknown
The investigation continues. Securing evidence at the crime scene will take even longer. It is not clear whether the stabbing took place there or elsewhere and the body was only transported there afterwards. Missing person reports from previous years are also searched for suitable cases. The residents of the house are also interviewed to clarify the person's identity. At a In a similar case in Munich, the perpetrator was arrested. (No)
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