Overview
- Police entered the Herzgasse apartment after an acquaintance reported not hearing from the 78-year-old resident and found her body.
- Investigators say preliminary assessments point to death having occurred about one to two weeks before discovery.
- Authorities have said that external involvement cannot be excluded and the Landeskriminalamt has taken over the inquiry.
- Neighbors described the woman as living alone and reported no obvious signs of forced entry, no screams and no unfamiliar people seen in the building.
- Forensic work from the ordered autopsy and follow-up tests such as toxicology and trauma analysis will be needed to determine whether the death was natural or the result of a crime and to clarify next steps for the case.