Man Drowns Himself Using Dead Wife's Head As Weight

A man strangled and dismembered his wife, tied himself to a concrete block with her head inside to drown himself in a lake, Traunsee Austria.

A bloodcurdling incident came to light only when a local resident found a floating suitcase near the shore of lake and called the police, who opened it to discover the woman’s dismembered body parts inside.

 

The woman’s remains were first discovered by a local resident who found the suitcase floating by the shore of Lake Traunsee

Another suitcase was found on Monday, January 4, however, the woman’s identity was not established as her head was missing. 
Austrian authorities extended the area of search and found the man’s body with his hands weighed down by bags of stones at the bottom of the lake.

 

 

Austrian police divers retrieve a bag from the Traunsee in Gmunden, Austria

Acording to police divers, the woman’s head, in her 70s, was in a block of concrete which was attached to the man’s hand.

 

Forensic officers carry one of the suitcases found at the bottom of lake Traunsee tied to the body of a dead man

Forensic experts didn’t find any signs of struggle on the man’s body and the case is being treated as murder and suicide.
The bodies are yet to be identified, the investigation continues.