It is a newspaper delivery woman on her morning tour who discovered the body of the unfortunate woman, in the pouring rain, before warning the police.
A very young woman was found lifeless, straddling the road and the sidewalk, in a little busy street in a quiet neighborhood, in Pontault-Combault (Seine-et-Marne), this Monday around 5:30 am.
Investigators from the criminal group of the judicial police of Versailles (Yvelines), to whom the investigations were entrusted, spent a good part of the day there. At the place where the body was found, almost at the intersection of avenue Ingres and rue Guérin, two white marquee-type folding tents have been set up to protect the place from the discovery of rain showers and will allow forensic experts to work in the shelter.
The investigators carried out their investigations under the gaze of the parents of students from the nearby Jacques-Prévert school who, intrigued, dropped off their children in the early morning and then picked them up before noon.
The municipal police barred access to the Village-Anglais, a rather expensive suburban district located near the city center of Pontault-Combault, from avenue Ingres leading to rue Guérin, from the roundabout on avenue de Caminha , neighbor of the primary school.
Video surveillance may give investigators a lead
According to our information, the young woman who died presented wounds on the level of the face. On the spot, a forensic doctor carried out a body examination. An autopsy is to be performed on Tuesday. The victim is "still not identified", indicated this Monday afternoon Béatrice Angelelli, the prosecutor of the Republic of Melun.
We also do not know his age. The young woman, "European type" according to a source close to the investigation, had no identity document on her. The victim could be quite young. The first questions from investigators in the neighborhood were about a 14-year-old girl. But because of her condition, police aren't ruling out her being older, widening an age range of up to 21. In addition, no worrying disappearance was reported corresponding to the description of the young victim.
The police would not rule out the fact that the victim was dropped off there, in this quiet street away from the main roads. The use of surveillance cameras in the town may give investigators a clue. "We have no element that allows us to have a hypothesis", continues the prosecutor of Melun, who wants to be extremely cautious.