An octogenarian suffering from neuro-psychological disorders was found dead on Sunday in a container at the Aix-en-Provence hospital, where the patient had gotten lost after escaping the supervision of caregivers on Friday evening, the prosecutor's office said. to AFP on Thursday.
“The investigation made it possible to determine (...) that she had entered alone into an empty container of the establishment
,” the public prosecutor of Aix-en-Provence, Jean- Luc Blachon, confirming the initial information from the daily La Provence.
He did not specify what this container located in a basement was used for.
Self entry into container
“The victim suffered from
neuro-psychological
disorders
which had justified her hospitalization ,” underlined the magistrate, according to whom the autopsy of the body of this 85-year-old woman showed
“no trace of blows, violence or any shock whatsoever. and attributes his death to pneumonia
.
“Pathological examinations were ordered by the prosecution to refine these initial conclusions
,” he detailed, explaining that an investigation was opened
“for the purposes of researching the causes of death
. ”
According to the daily
La Provence
, images from video surveillance cameras allow us to see the old lady enter the container, in the basement of the hospital, around 8:45 p.m. Friday evening,
“to take refuge there”
.
The victim's daughter explained to
La Provence
that her mother had escaped hospital surveillance on Friday evening:
“We searched everywhere in the hospital, Saturday, Sunday.
The hospital didn't move, no one did anything
,” lamented this woman, explaining that she only finally found her mother with the help of her firefighter cousin and several of his colleagues who came there. help with research.
“It was he who found her, dead, in this garbage container on Sunday
,” she told the regional daily.