Baby boy found in garbage

Tragedy in Vienna: Dead baby discovered in garbage bag

The tragedy occurred in a hotel in Vienna-Simmering. The 21-year-old woman vehemently denied the birth and her partner is also said to have known nothing about it (symbolic image).(Bild: Martina Münzer)

Emergency services were called to a hotel in Vienna-Simmering on Monday because a 21-year-old woman was experiencing heavy bleeding in her abdomen. The woman denied that she had apparently given birth beforehand, and her partner is also said to have known nothing about it. A dead newborn - a boy - was subsequently found by hotel staff in a garbage bag in the hotel's garbage room.

Less than three weeks have passed since the life of a newborn baby at the Klinik-Favoriten ended tragically and far too early: Now another dramatic incident has occurred - this time in Vienna-Simmering. A young couple who were on vacation in Vienna were arrested on Monday on suspicion of killing a newborn baby. According to the latest information, the dead baby was probably a boy.

Woman denied the birth
Emergency services were called to a hotel on Monday because a 21-year-old Austrian woman was experiencing heavy bleeding in her abdomen. The woman was taken to a hospital in the Landstraße district. There, the doctors determined that the 21-year-old must have given birth shortly before. According to the reports, the young woman initially vehemently denied that she had given birth. Her 25-year-old partner - also an Austrian citizen - also stated that he knew nothing about his partner's pregnancy.

Shocking discovery in the garbage room
Due to the suspicion that a newborn baby might be missing, the hospital staff informed the hotel where the woman was staying. There, the hotel staff made a shocking discovery: they found a dead newborn baby in a garbage bag in the hotel's garbage room and immediately informed the police.

The couple were not from Vienna, but the police did not disclose their exact origins. They live in eastern Austria and had planned to spend their vacation in the Austrian capital.

According to the police, the child's body was discovered in a garbage bag in a hotel.(Bild: Martina Münzer)

The Vienna State Office of Criminal Investigation took over the investigation. The 21-year-old and her partner were arrested and are in custody. An autopsy has been ordered to determine the exact cause of the newborn's death. The two suspects are currently being questioned and further investigations are underway to fully clarify the circumstances of the incident.

Third infanticide within a few weeks
It was only in November that a dead baby was found in a waste container in Kundratstraße, not far from Vienna's Favoriten Clinic. The mother of the newborn confessed to having killed the child due to "family problems". The autopsy revealed that the child had died as a result of blunt force trauma and had suffered massive craniocerebral trauma and multiple bone fractures.

A murder of a four-year-old boy also took place in Vienna-Favoriten in mid-November. The mother is in custody and is believed to have had psychological problems.