The body of a woman was found on Sunday in Nanterre, a Paris suburb. According to the Hauts-de-Seine prefecture, this is a woman who has been missing since 2017. What do we know about this macabre discovery?
Where and how was the body found?
The body, “in an advanced state of decomposition” according to the prosecution attached by 20 minutes, was discovered late Sunday afternoon in a square used as a pound, according to a police source, in the trunk of a car. This vehicle, stored following a parking problem, had been there since February and was due to be destroyed. Previously, this same car had remained parked in the same place, in an underground car park, for several years.
“The doors were locked but the rear seat of the vehicle, which gives access to the trunk from inside the passenger compartment, was however folded down,” noted The Parisianwho first revealed this information.
When and how did this woman disappear?
At the time of the disappearance, the husband of this woman, who had raised the alarm, had indicated that his partner had suicidal tendencies, the Hauts-de-Seine prefecture told AFP. This woman disappeared seven years ago, according to the same source. September 2017, specifically indicates THE Parisian.
What is happening now?
The body was transported to the Garches Forensic Institute (Hauts-de-Seine) for autopsy. An investigation into the causes of death has been opened, according to the Nanterre public prosecutor’s office, which indicates that the identification of the body and the causes of its death “are currently being investigated in this context”. But the investigation, for the moment, “seems to favor the theory of suicide over the criminal trail”, indicates The Parisian.