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The bodies of a 34-year-old woman and her young daughter, 10 have been discovered inside freezing appliances in an apartment in western Austria.

The victims, a Syrian woman and her daughter, who had been missing for several months, were uncovered on the end of last week. The freezers were placed behind a drywall partition in the flat, located in the city of Innsbruck.

Two individuals, a 55-year-old Austrian and his brother aged 53, were taken into custody in June. The elder brother, a colleague of the female victim, informed police last week that there had been an incident—but rejected intentional killing.

Informing journalists recently, a official for the state prosecutor announced the brothers were being kept in custody on "high likelihood of intentional killing".

Personal details of those involved have not been disclosed by authorities, in following local legislation.

The vanishing of the mother and child was originally brought to light by the cousin of the mother, who lives in Germany, on the 25th of July last year.

Police revealed the male associate claimed at the time she had gone on an long journey with her child to visit her parents in the nation of Turkey.

The mother's debit card was then found to have been used in foreign locations several times.

But when investigators examined the victim's residence, her smartphone was found.

An individual also claimed listening to a commotion in the flat, and screams of "mama" on the date the two were presumed to have gone missing.

A broader police investigation was launched, with officers finding various messages sent from the victim's mobile—such as a job termination message to her employer and texts to the 55-year-old suspect.

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

A senior police official told media representatives on Tuesday that a rented space had been rented out before the vanishing and a freezer had been installed within.

The male siblings extracted the freezer from the storage space on the date the victims vanished, Tersch stated. And a seven days after, they acquired a second unit.

Investigators say they believe this points to the fatalities were planned in advance.

"The cause of death could not be determined due to the state of decomposition of the remains," Tersch said.

A legal representative—representing the state—stated the precise timeline is not yet known, but the bodies were carefully placed and went unnoticed during a prior examination.

While the brothers were detained in June, it was only on 12 November that the suspect acknowledged an occurrence and to concealing the remains. He disputes any plan to cause death, investigators confirmed.

At the same time, his younger brother admitted to a attempt to hide evidence but disputed involvement in a killing.

The brothers are currently in custody awaiting trial in jails in separate locations, around 117 miles (189km) apart.

Via a shared communication, the nation's official for women's affairs and the top legal representative declared the "alleged double murder... constitutes the swift and cruel conclusion of a mother and child and uncovers a heartless setup".

"Females of all ages are being killed due to the sole reason that they are of the female gender," they continued.

"Murders of women are a profoundly embedded and issue affecting all of society that we must fight resolutely."