A final twist in Erwan's disappearance? A body was found by a fisherman this Thursday, April 4, around 4:15 p.m., in a river in Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre (Deux-Sèvres),
Le Figaro
learned from a judicial source, confirming information from
Courrier de l'Ouest
. It could be the remains of Erwan Blais, who disappeared on the night of February 10 to 11 in the department, after an evening at a discotheque.
The Niort public prosecutor's office
"immediately opened an investigation into the causes of death"
, entrusted to the Poitiers research section and the Parthenay research brigade, and
"went to the site in the presence of a forensic doctor"
, he said in a press release. The analyzes will make it possible to determine if it is indeed Erwan's body.
Complaint against the nightclub
The disappearance of the young man was reported by friends with whom he had spent the evening in a nightclub located in Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre. According to the investigation, he left around 1:45 a.m. and video surveillance images showed him later that night in the parking lot of the establishment. His phone broadcast until 2:50 a.m., according to the prosecution. A call for witnesses was broadcast after a search in which 120 people participated the next day. Dozens of police, including divers, dogs, a drone and a helicopter, took part in the search.
A judicial investigation into a disturbing disappearance had been opened. At the same time, Erwan's family had filed a complaint against the nightclub for
"failure to assist a person in danger"
.
Speaking to
Courrier de l'Ouest
, a co-manager of the nightclub declared that the evening brought together more than 900 people in the nightclub, where seven security agents worked, including two responsible for guarding the outside.
“We have nothing to reproach ourselves for
,” he told the newspaper, adding that one of the agents had brought the missing young man back in front of the establishment as he was heading towards an embankment and the water points. surroundings. A
“non-serious”
incident
linked to his alcohol consumption would have been the cause of his exit from the nightclub, according to certain witnesses.