Found in a school

Child’s skeleton first appeared in the 80s

The building, which opened in 1908 as the Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Jubiläums-Bürgerschule, held a secret for decades.(Bild: Wenzel Markus)

The partially mummified body of a baby was discovered in the attic of a school in Vöcklabruck around 50 years ago, according to the former principal. At that time, however, the body was simply put away again. An autopsy could shed light on the history of the skeleton - but it is still unclear whether this will take place.

It will be the undisputed number one topic of conversation today, and not just in the corridors and classes of the Vöcklabruck sports and integration secondary school: The partially mummified child's skeleton, which - as the "Krone" reported in detail in Saturday's edition - came to light on Friday in a storage room in the basement of the school. While the school was still in session, police officers from the homicide squad of the State Office of Criminal Investigation attended to the disturbing discovery - in plain clothes so as not to frighten the pupils.