Body found in Czechowice-Dziedzice garage is a man's, not the missing 24-year-old woman's

Discovery in a garage

Workers demolishing a garage on a vacant property at Narutowicza Street in Czechowice-Dziedzice found human remains on Monday, 2 November, before noon. The body was in an advanced state of decomposition, and officers at the scene could not determine even the sex of the deceased. Super Express reported that unofficial information from the first hours pointed to a woman, but police never confirmed this. Sławomir Kocur, spokesman for the Bielsko police, said the state of the body made it impossible to tell from examination alone.

“It is hard to say whether we are dealing with a woman or a man, because the body was largely decomposed.”

Prosecutors rule out the missing woman

On Monday, 9 November, the Katowice Regional Prosecutor's Office said autopsy and DNA results showed that the remains were those of a man. The results excluded the 24-year-old woman who vanished from Czechowice-Dziedzice on 3 January 2025 as the person found. Aleksander Duda, spokesman for the Katowice prosecutor's office, said the man's identity had not yet been established. The Pszczyna District Prosecutor's Office opened proceedings in the case, which concerns unintentional causing of death.

“The results of the autopsy and DNA tests confirmed that the remains belong to a man. His identity has not yet been established.”

The missing woman's case

The 24-year-old woman vanished on 3 January 2025 and has not been found. She is about 167 cm tall and slim, with shoulder-length dark blond hair, brown eyes and a tattoo of two reversed V shapes on the outer side of her right wrist. On the day she disappeared she wore a black hooded jacket with light brown fur trim, a light pink scarf, black leggings with pink patterns on the thighs and black winter boots. An acquaintance of hers initially admitted to killing her and dumping her body in the Błaskowiec pond in Czechowice-Dziedzice, but later withdrew that account and offered a different version. Investigators searched the pond and found no remains there. He was held in custody for several months and released in early October 2025 under police supervision and a travel ban.

Open questions

Police are still searching for the missing woman. Super Express reported that the site where the remains were found lies about three kilometres from where she vanished. The identity of the man found in the garage remains unknown, and the reports do not state a cause of death.