Mysterious Children's Likes: Odduction raises questions!

Mysterious Children's Likes: Odduction raises questions!

At the beginning of December 2024, a shocking find shaken the middle school in Vöcklabruck: in a wooden box in the basement, a partially mumbled child's corpse was discovered. The police and public prosecutors immediately started investigations, which, two months later, presented the first results of the autopsy. According to the "crown", it is clear that the skeleton of human is of human origin and that it is an infant. However, information about the gender of the baby is not yet known. The question of how the baby died remains unanswered, because no cause of death could be determined during the autopsy. The investigators exclude violent crimes and are now working on an anthropological report in Vienna to find out how long the infant has been dead. With results from this report is expected in one to two months.

The story about this find is particularly mysterious: A former school director claimed that he had already discovered the skeleton in the school's attic in the 1980s. This raises questions about the previous treatment and documentation of the find and makes the horror of the past appear in new light. The situation of this tragic find could, as the article in International Journal of Legal Medicine , illuminates the ethical and legal aspects of autoptic procedures and strengthens the discussion about the procedure in such cases.

The intensification of the investigation and the upcoming results could not only be important for the schools concerned, but also for forensic science. Similarities to previous studies are targeted to better understand and clarify the circumstances of such tragic finds by modern autoptic techniques, such as the post-mortem MRI. Further developments are to be seen, while the memorial is all the more important for the deceased child.