The judicial police of Marseille was seized by the prosecutor's office Tuesday after the suspicious death of a 39-year-old woman, found inanimate on Friday, in one of the basins of Longchamp Park, with "suspicious bruises on the body". "The investigation was entrusted to the PJ because of the turbulent circumstances of this death," said the commissioner Murielle Anquet, about this case revealed Friday by La Provence.
Significant bruising
"The body of the victim presents significant bruising, which could suggest blows," she said, while calling for "the utmost caution", the precise results of the autopsy have not yet been communicated. "Can these bruises be compatible with an accidental fall?" For now the causes of death are not yet determined, "she insisted.
The 39-year-old woman was spotted Friday morning by a passerby, floating inanimate, on the stomach, in a few inches of water, in the small basin of the fountain of Longchamp Park. Revived by the firefighters, she had not survived and her death was announced Friday night. This mother, was alone in Marseille and resided at the hotel. Since she had not given news to his family for two days, his relatives had reported his ominous disappearance the day before Thursday.