Navalny's body held for another 14 days: 'No scientific reason for this' In France too, justice can “detain” a body for the time to carry out examinations, and in particular an autopsy. “If the body is returned to the family and they decide to bury it or cremate it, the chances of establishing the cause of death disappear,” points out Franck Clarot, specialist in forensic medicine in Rouen (Seine).
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