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A lifeless body found in an apartment in Pornichet: investigation opened for intentional homicide

5/4/2023, 5:09:54 PM


The victim is a 60-year-old man. His remains were found on Wednesday around 10 p.m. in accommodation in the seaside resort of Loire-Atlantique. Two people present at the scene were taken into custody.

Le Figaro Nantes

What happened in an apartment in the seaside resort of Pornichet on Wednesday evening?

This is what the police officers of the La Baule police station must try to determine after the discovery of a lifeless body, around 10 p.m., in a dwelling in this city.

According to

Presse Océan

, the place where the victim was found is on the ground floor of a three-storey building.

“It is a male person born in 1963”

, indicates to

Figaro

, Sylvie Canovas-Lagarde, the public prosecutor of Saint-Nazaire.

She confirms that an investigation has been opened for

"intentional homicide"

.

This is entrusted to the urban security brigade (BSU) of the La Baule police station.

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upcoming autopsy

"An autopsy must be carried out tomorrow [Friday] morning"

, specifies the prosecutor to know the origin of the death.

It also reports that

"two people present at the scene"

were taken into custody Wednesday evening around 11:30 p.m.

They were still there at the end of the day on Thursday.

On this file, Sylvie Canovas-Lagarde, who has little information at the moment, wants to be cautious.

“There may be no elements that allow us to say that it is a voluntary homicide”

, she warns.