The body of a man in his thirties, weighted with a cinder block and his hands tied, was discovered by walkers in a pond in Rennes, Friday, around 1 p.m., we learned from the parquet of the Breton city.
They spotted the body floating on the surface of the ponds of Apigné.
The drowning very quickly intrigued the police, specifies the newspaper Ouest-France.
A nylon cord, attached to her pelvis, was connected to the cinder block.
According to the first elements of the investigation, he would have been in the water for several days.
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"The first findings made by the forensic scientist showed that the body had been weighted with a concrete block and presents traces and wounds allowing the investigations to be directed towards a criminal procedure," Philippe told AFP. Astruc, public prosecutor of Rennes, confirming the information from Ouest-France.
A magistrate from the Rennes public prosecutor's office went to the scene, the pond of Apigné, and the investigation was entrusted to the Territorial Directorate of the Judicial Police (DTPJ) of Rennes.
The identity of the victim has not yet been established.
An autopsy must be performed Friday evening at the Forensic Institute in Rennes to determine the causes of death. "In addition to the findings at the scene of the discovery, the investigations are focusing on establishing the identity of the victim," said the prosecutor.