Body found in Czechowice-Dziedzice is not missing Karolina Wróbel, DNA shows

The body found in an abandoned building in Czechowice-Dziedzice is not Karolina Wróbel. Prosecutors confirmed it on Monday, and the 24-year-old's case remains unsolved.

What happened?

On 2 November, an excavator operator doing demolition work on an empty building on Narutowicza Street came across a body. Many locals quickly linked the discovery to Karolina's disappearance.

Police and prosecutors examined the scene and ordered an autopsy and genetic tests. According to the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Katowice, both showed the remains belong to a man.

His identity has not been established yet. Prosecutor Aleksander Duda, the office's spokesman, said the investigation is being run as a case of unintentional causing of death.

What do we know about Karolina's case?

Karolina Wróbel is a young mother from Czechowice-Dziedzice. On 3 January 2025, at around 9 pm, she left home to go to a shop and has not been seen since. Her disappearance was reported two days later.

Investigators have found neither her nor her body. For almost two years, her family and the town have been waiting for answers.

The only suspect so far has been Patryk B., a roommate of Karolina and her brother. He spent several months in pretrial detention. He changed his account of that night more than once. At first he reportedly admitted to strangling her and hiding her body in a nearby pond, but he later retracted it and said he was innocent.

After his release he was placed under police supervision and banned from leaving the country.

What's next?

For the body found on Narutowicza Street, the next step is identifying the man and establishing how he died. That is a separate case from Karolina's.

For Karolina, Monday's findings change nothing. The search continues, and her fate is still unknown.