After the discovery of the body of a 35-year-old woman on the night of Saturday to Sunday in an apartment in Faverney (Haute-Saône), the autopsy finally concluded in a natural death, announced Monday the prosecutor of Vesoul.
A homicide investigation was opened after the discovery on the body of numerous bruises.
"The probably natural cause of death results from an extremely degraded state of health and a very high alcoholism", declared the public prosecutor of Vesoul, Emmanuel Dupic, during a press conference.
A man released
According to the autopsy carried out on Monday, "no lesions were visible on the victim who suffered from asthma, a liver problem and a blood problem quickly leading to marks on her body when she fell or bumped herself", he clarified.
The body of this 35-year-old woman, unemployed, was discovered lifeless around 1:30 am by the emergency services and the gendarmerie in her apartment in Faverney (Haute-Saône), after a very alcoholic evening.
Two neighbors who had participated in this evening had left around 11 pm, specifies France 3 Bourgogne France-Comt é.
A 60-year-old man who was with this woman had sounded the alarm by claiming that she had been unwell.
Placed in police custody and finally exonerated, he will be released on Monday, said the prosecutor.