The ruined mansion had not revealed all its secrets. Located rue Oudinot, in the heart of the 7th arrondissement, this real estate complex of nearly 1,600 m² of living space was brought out of its thirty-year lethargy at an exceptional auction held at the end of January.
Exceptional for the rarity of the property and exceptional for the final sale price, namely no less than 35 million euros. But also exceptional by "the discovery, on February 26, 2020, of the body of a man in the cellar" of the building, indicates a judicial source, confirming information from Le Monde .
It was the workers responsible for renovating the property who made this macabre discovery. "A preliminary investigation of the murder count" was opened by the Paris prosecutor's office, specifies the judicial source which adds that "the investigations were entrusted to the criminal brigade".
A death that goes back
And Le Monde has information for the rest of the scenario. "The first elements collected on the spot by the investigators, in particular documents that the man carried on him, made it possible to identify him, indicates the daily newspaper. It is a certain Jean-Pierre Renaud. Still according to the evening newspaper, his death dates back to thirty years and the body presented fractures and stab wounds, hence the preliminary investigation of the murder count.
For Le Monde , a police source lifts the veil a little on the circumstances of the tragedy: “It would rather be a man who can be classified in the homeless, with alcohol problems. It seems that this is a fight between marginalized. It was a bit of a squat at the time. But it is not yet known whether he was killed on the spot. Thirty years later, if it is a fight between alcoholic homeless, there will not necessarily be an answer, and the author may even have already died. "
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