The decomposing body discovered Monday, October 5 in Centuri (Haute-Corse) is that of a 33-year-old man who has been missing since early September, the Bastia prosecutor's office announced on Wednesday, which entrusted this "
criminal case
" to the specialized court of Marseille .
The state of the body did not allow immediate identification.
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"
The first scientific examinations carried out have made it possible to establish that the body is that of Damien Barchilon, person reported missing since September 13,
" announced Arnaud Viornery, the public prosecutor of Bastia.
Because of the "
circumstances of its discovery
", "
the criminal track
" is privileged.
The investigation for “
intentional homicide
”, initially entrusted to the research section of the gendarmerie, was the subject of “
a relinquishment
” in favor of the Specialized Interregional Jurisdiction of Marseille (JIRS), competent in matters serious organized crime, added the prosecutor.
The body, discovered by a hunter, was in "a
state of advanced decomposition and buried under leaves
" on the wild heights of the village of 220 inhabitants, according to a source close to the file questioned Monday.
Damien Barchilon, a 33-year-old night establishment manager, was last seen on September 9 in Tomino, a neighboring village of Centuri in Cap Corse.
On September 10, the young man's car was found by the side of the road in Meria, a 15-minute drive from Tomino.
The ignition keys were still on the dashboard.
A judicial investigation in search of the causes of the disappearance had been opened initially in mid-September and entrusted to an investigating judge.
