Mummified child's corpse in Vöcklabruck: investigations stopped!

Mummified child's corpse in Vöcklabruck: investigations stopped!

A gruesome discovery is currently shaking the city of Vöcklabruck: Last week, a mummified child's corpse was discovered in a box in the basement of a local middle school. This macabre discovery occurred during cleanup work in the more than 100-year-old school building, which has served as an educational institution since its construction orf.at reported. Experts date the period of birth and the time of death of the child to the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century. It should be noted that the exact circumstances of the death or any acts of violence can no longer be determined - the public prosecutor's office has declared the investigation to be closed.

The legal consequences of the unclear time of death and the importance of inheritance issues are of great importance in such cases. According to the Civil Code, inheritance occurs when a person dies and it is necessary to determine the time of death in order to determine the legal heirs. In cases where the time of death is uncertain, as appears to be the case with a child's corpse, complex legal regulations may apply. familienrecht-muenchen.de highlights that in such rare cases, a court decision can be made to determine the time of death, even if the exact time cannot be determined. It remains to be seen whether such legal steps will be necessary here too.