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An investigation was opened on Sunday by the Nice prosecutor's office after human remains were found in the Tende maquis, in the heart of the Roya valley, Jean-Philippe Navarre, deputy public prosecutor, told Le Figaro on
Wednesday
.
confirming information from
Nice Matin
.
It was a local hunter who made the macabre discovery, near a forest track.
Several bones, including a foot still in his shoe, were thus unearthed.
Alerted, the gendarmes of Breil-sur-Roya and Tende immediately went to the scene, quickly supported by a few technicians in criminal identification, the "TIC".
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Hundreds of graves swallowed by the waters
Investigators rely in particular on the DNA sample to identify the victim.
It is also a question of determining the causes of death.
A task that is particularly complicated given the state of the remains found.
It is "
possible that it is a man who disappeared several years ago
", explained to
20 Minutes
the public prosecutor of Nice, Xavier Bonhomme, without further details at this stage.
Le
Figaro
, a source familiar with the matter confides that it could be one of the eight people still missing following the passage of storm Alex, in October 2020, in the valley.
"It is not excluded, although we must beware of drawing too hasty conclusions"
, tempers this source.
And to add:
"It could also be the remains of an individual buried in one of the cemeteries swept away by the storm."
In fact, several hundred tombs had been swallowed by the waters and it is not uncommon for bones to reappear or be discovered from time to time.
