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

The victims, a Syrian woman and her daughter, who had been unaccounted for for several months, were detected on Friday. The cooling units were placed behind a false wall in the apartment, situated in the Innsbruck area.

Two individuals, a 55-year-old Austrian and his 53-year-old brother, were taken into custody in the month of June. The 55-year-old, a work associate of the Syrian woman, stated to police last week that there had been an incident—but disputed homicide.

Addressing reporters earlier, a representative for the public prosecutor's office announced the brothers were being detained on "serious suspicion of murder".

The names of those concerned 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.

Investigators stated the 55-year-old suspect informed them at the time she had embarked on an prolonged visit with her child to visit her parents in Turkey.

Her bank card was then discovered to be utilized overseas several times.

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

An individual also reported overhearing a disturbing sound in the dwelling, and shouts of "mother" on the occasion the two were believed to have vanished.

A wider criminal probe was initiated, with authorities uncovering several texts transmitted via the mother's device—among them a notice of quitting to her workplace and texts to the male colleague.

Law enforcement confirmed a amount in the thousands was also sent to the suspect.

Katja Tersch informed the press on Tuesday that a storage facility had been rented out before the vanishing and a freezing appliance had been installed within.

The male siblings removed the appliance from the unit on the day the mother and daughter went missing, Tersch said. And a week later, they obtained another freezer.

Investigators believe they think this suggests the deaths were intentionally orchestrated.

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

The prosecutor's spokesman—of the public prosecutor's office—said the specific order of occurrences is yet to be determined, but the remains were expertly concealed and were not found during a previous house search.

While the men were taken into custody in June, it was not until November 12 that the suspect acknowledged an event and to hiding the bodies. He disputes any plan to cause death, authorities stated.

Meanwhile, his brother acknowledged a cover-up but denied involvement in a murder.

The two suspects are presently in detention before court proceedings in prisons in Innsbruck and Salzburg, approximately 189 kilometers away from each other.

In a joint statement, the nation's official for women's affairs and the top legal representative declared the "reported homicide of mother and child... constitutes the swift and cruel conclusion of two human lives and reveals a brutal scheme".

"Females of all ages are being murdered due to the mere fact that they are women and girls," they went on to say.

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