Carried rubles with him

Body found in gravel pit puzzles police

The identity of the deceased remains unclear: DNA samples were taken and are now being analyzed (symbolic image).

(Bild: P. Huber)

The badly decomposed body was found near Stockerau in the district of Korneuburg (Lower Austria). Investigators had initially assumed that the body was that of a woman. After the autopsy, however, it turned out that the body was a man wearing women's clothing.

The body was discovered on December 11 by a worker in the gravel pit near Stockerau in the district of Korneuburg. Due to the severe state of decomposition, it was initially unclear whether it was a woman or a man. According to the police, the body was not the fault of a third party.

Rubles and forints recovered from the body
After an autopsy was ordered, it turned out that it was not a woman, as initially assumed, but a man who was wearing women's clothing, as Chief Inspector Johann Baumschlager confirmed on Friday.

The identity of the deceased is still unclear, DNA samples were taken and are now being analyzed. According to Baumschlager, the investigators recovered roubles and forints from the body.

Washed up by floods?
One conceivable possibility is that the body could have been washed up or brought to the surface by the flood - possibly from abroad. The investigation has therefore been extended to neighboring countries.