The corpse of a person who has not yet been identified was discovered on Saturday January 15 by a walker in an isolated area east of Perpignan, the prosecution said.
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We have opened a murder investigation, and an autopsy will allow us to know the causes of death and the identity of the victim
," prosecutor Jean-David Cavaillé told AFP without providing further details.
According to the Actu 17 site which revealed the information, the body found below a field was in a state of decomposition and an arm was severed.
