Erwan Blais, 18, disappeared after a nightclub outing in early February. A body was found by a fisherman this Thursday, April 4, in a river in Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre.

The Niort public prosecutor's office "immediately opened an investigation into the causes of death" Erwan's family had filed a complaint against the nightclub for "failure to assist a person in danger" A co-manager of the nightclub declared that the evening brought together more than 900 people in the nightclub.