Erwan Blais, 18, a student at the University of Poitiers, has been missing since the night of February 10 to 11. The body was discovered by a fisherman "shortly after 4:15 p.m." in an arm of the Nantes Sèvre.

Dozens of gendarmes, including divers, dogs, a drone and a helicopter, also participated in the search in the days following the disappearance, without success. A judicial investigation is underway in this case.