The thesis of the accident is privileged after the discovery on Wednesday of the body of a young man immersed for several weeks in the port of Roanne (Loire), whose disappearance had triggered an investigation for "kidnapping
or kidnapping
", indicated Friday the wooden floor.
The death is "
most likely the result of drowning
", after a fall in the water which was very cold at this time, of this young man of 21 years who had drunk and smoked cannabis heavily during the hours preceding his disappearance, Roanne public prosecutor Abdelkrim Grini told AFP.
Floating corpse
The autopsy and DNA samples taken from the corpse discovered floating between two barges by a yachtsman showed that it was indeed Jordan Member, reported missing on February 5.
"
The results of additional toxicological and anatomopathological analyzes are expected next week
," said the magistrate.
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Around 3 a.m., the young man had left a group of friends to walk back to his mother's home, where he was staying, along the Loire, when all trace of him was lost.
The Roanne prosecutor's office then opened an investigation in February for "
kidnapping or kidnapping
" entrusted to the judicial police, considering the intervention of a third party likely.