81-year-old found dead on Inn riverbank in Zams – autopsy ordered

In the afternoon at around 2:40 p.m., the sad discovery followed: The missing woman could only be recovered lifeless in the bank area of the Inn, not far from the local sewage treatment plant. The recovery was carried out by the emergency services that had been alerted.

"Die Umstände die zum Tod der Frau führten, konnten bis dato nicht geklärt werden", police explained regarding the current state of the investigation. "Die Staatsanwaltschaft Innsbruck ordnete eine Obduktion zur Klärung der Todesurasche an", police explained regarding the current state of the investigation.

Accident or medical cause

Police on Monday named initial possible explanations to the APA news agency. "Es liege entweder ein Unfallgeschehen oder eine gesundheitliche Ursache vor, hieß es von der Polizei zur APA am Montag. There were initially no further indications of foul play by a third party, according to reports.

The public prosecutor's office ordered an autopsy to clarify the cause. More concrete statements about the sequence of events will only be possible once the forensic medical report is available, according to investigative sources.

Investigations and autopsy

The exact circumstances that led to the death were initially unclear. Emergency services secured the discovery site on the Inn riverbank in the hours following the recovery in order to document any possible traces.

The woman was then transferred to forensic medicine. According to the information, the authorities currently assume neither foul play by a third party nor any specific grounds for suspicion. The investigations are in full swing.