A body, unidentified at this stage, was discovered in a trunk after an intervention by firefighters in a house in Gondrexange (Moselle), the public prosecutor of Metz said on Thursday. "Following the intervention of firefighters in a house where there was a significant release of smoke in Gondrexange, the firefighters discovered a trunk" containing "a body not identified at this stage," Yves Badorc told AFP, confirming a report by the Républicain Lorrain.
One person has been in police custody since late morning. A preliminary investigation into the charge of murder is currently being conducted and entrusted to the Metz investigation section. Forensic examinations will take place in Nancy, where the body was transported. The house where this trunk was discovered is located in the heart of this Moselle village of barely 500 inhabitants, in a small street not far from the church.
In the middle of the day, a dog team and criminal identification went to the pavilion, which was new and bore no signs of the fire outside. According to the village baker interviewed by an AFP journalist, the occupants of this house are a couple and two children.