The autopsy of the body of the 87-year-old resident found dead Tuesday morning in her retirement home allowed to rule out "as is" the hypothesis of the murder, which was suspected of another resident, AFP learned Wednesday from a judicial source.
A state of health "very worrying"
"The autopsy shows no signs of asphyxiation or beatings, it shows a state of health in the heart, arteries and kidneys very worrying," said the source. "The cause of death could be natural, the criminal track seems out of the way," she said, adding that the investigation was continuing to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of this lady.
On Monday evening around 11 pm, a nurse's aide from this retirement home of the Korian group in Maisse, Essonne, had gone to the old lady's room after hearing screams. She then sees another resident, also 87, come out of the room, a cushion in his hand, according to a source close to the file. The caregiver said she was "immediately occupied with the lady", who was suffocating in bed, explains this source. The old lady was found dead the next morning.
The two suspects released
The old man, returned to his room, was "haggard", according to another source. He was then arrested by the gendarmes, in charge of the investigation. The octogenarian, who suffers from senility, had been placed in custody, then released, his condition having been deemed "incompatible" with custody. Investigators should again try to hear him. The nurse's aide, also in custody, for failing to assist a person in danger, was also released Tuesday night, and could also be heard again.