New Development in the Case of Two Missing Mühlviertler

Ten years after the disappearance without a trace of two Mühlviertel residents, the case seems to be solved. On Wednesday, the car was discovered and recovered in the Lipno Reservoir in the Czech Republic, which the 26-year-old friends were traveling in September 2015, confirmed a spokeswoman for the Upper Austrian police on Thursday in media reports. Human remains were found in the car, and a DNA comparison to determine the identities by the forensic medicine in Budweis is still pending.

Car surfaced in the Czech Republic

The Czech military was conducting diving exercises at the lake, which reportedly has a low water level this year. During this, soldiers came across the car, which was identified by the license plate as belonging to the two missing Mühlviertel residents, the police spokeswoman further stated. It was located about twelve meters from the shore at a depth of about two meters. The wreck was pulled out of the water, and human remains were found inside the vehicle.

The exact circumstances were still unclear on Thursday. Whether the car, which had likely been submerged in the lake for ten years, drove or slipped into the water at a ferry dock on the southern shore near the village of Dolni Vltavice/Untermoldau was unclear. The question of possible third-party involvement could also not be answered by the police on Thursday. The final confirmation that the missing persons were in the car was also not yet available.

Mühlviertel residents disappeared in 2015

On September 11, 2015, the two friends met in the evening in Zwettl an der Rodl (district of Urfahr-Umgebung). During the night, they apparently spontaneously drove towards the small town of Vyssi Brod in the Czech Republic, a few kilometers away. In the early morning hours, their car was still recorded by a camera at a roundabout in Bad Leonfelden. Then the trail is lost. Whether they actually reached their destination is unknown. To leave no stone unturned, the state criminal investigation department decided to present the case in 2016 on the show "Aktenzeichen XY Spezial - Wo ist mein Kind".

(APA/Red)

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