In La Longueville in the North, a hunter made a macabre discovery.
In a wood, he found a body probably present "for several weeks", indicated Sunday the parquet floor of Avesnes-sur-Helpe.
"No link could be established between these facts and the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of a couple of octogenarians which occurred in January", whose telephone was located in the town of La Longueville shortly before his death. disappearance, said Laurent Dumaine, prosecutor of Avesnes-sur-Helpe.
The body was discovered late Saturday afternoon by the hunter, who alerted the gendarmes.
“No lead has yet been ruled out”
“According to the first findings, it was noted that the lifeless body found had probably been present for several weeks”, detailed the prosecutor.
The causes of death remain unknown and “no lead has yet been ruled out”.
"Examination of the dentition of the deceased, like the first personal effects found on the spot, rather suggested a young individual and of male sex, without it being possible however to be able to affirm it with certainty at this stage", also indicated Laurent Dumaine.
“An autopsy of the corpse as well as various scientific analyzes will be carried out at the beginning of the week”, he added.
An investigation into the causes of death was opened and entrusted to the research section of the Lille gendarmerie and the territorial brigade of Bavay.
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