The body, which allegedly belonged to a man, was found by a walker near the Lafarge company quarries, in the 16th arrondissement of the city. The circumstances of this case being still very unclear, an investigation was quickly opened and entrusted to the Bouches-du-Rhône interdepartmental judicial police service (SIPJ) A blatant investigation into the “assassination” charge had been opened by the Marseille prosecutor's office and had also been entrusted to.

the Organized and Specialized Crime Division (DCOS)