The Angers prosecutor's office opened an investigation after the discovery on Monday of the charred body of a 20-year-old young man whose disappearance had been reported ten days earlier, the prosecution said on Tuesday.
“
The victim has been identified.
He is a 20-year-old young man, whose disappearance was reported on March 30, 2023
,” according to a press release from the Angers prosecutor’s office.
Origin of death unknown
“
Placed under curatorship, he had not given any news to his relatives since March 27
”, adds the Angevin prosecution, specifying that the investigation opened since Monday “
is still in progress
”.
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The calcined body of the victim was discovered Monday after 10 a.m. rue du château d'Orgemont near the Roseraie district.
"
The origin of the death remains unknown
", according to the Angers prosecutor's office, which adds that the continuation of the investigations is entrusted to the DTPJ (territorial direction of the judicial police) of Angers, "
under the qualification of murder, rightly particular conditions of death
.
According to the Angers prosecutor's office, for technical reasons an autopsy initially scheduled for Tuesday could not be carried out.