Police official said the couple were a 72-year old man and his 71-year old wife from Germany but did not further identify them. (Representational image)
Vienna:
A man strangled and dismembered his wife, entombed her head in concrete and then used the concrete block as a weight to drown himself in an Austrian lake, authorities said Tuesday.
Police official Gottfried Mitterlehner said the couple were a 72-year old man and his 71-year old wife from Germany but did not further identify them.
Officials told reporters the head was found in a block of concrete in a bag attached to the man's hand. The other hand also was weighed down.
The corpse and the bag were recovered by police divers from the waters of Traunsee Monday. A day earlier, two suitcases containing the woman's remains were found floating close to the lake's shore near the town of Gmunden, around 80 km east of Salzburg.
Police official Gottfried Mitterlehner said the couple were a 72-year old man and his 71-year old wife from Germany but did not further identify them.
Officials told reporters the head was found in a block of concrete in a bag attached to the man's hand. The other hand also was weighed down.
The corpse and the bag were recovered by police divers from the waters of Traunsee Monday. A day earlier, two suitcases containing the woman's remains were found floating close to the lake's shore near the town of Gmunden, around 80 km east of Salzburg.
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