Sticking in France after discovering four corpses in the Seine

Sticking in France after discovering four corpses in the Seine

In France, a man was arrested under the suspicion of the murder after four corpses were found in the Seine River in Paris at the beginning of this month. The suspect, whom the public prosecutor describes as a "homeless man in his twenties", was brought before a court on Sunday, as the Créteil public prosecutor announced in a statement to CNN. He faces an investigation into "several murder systems" in relation to the four victims, all men.

The discovery of the corpses

On August 13, the bodies of the four men in the Paris community of Choisy-Le-Roi were discovered in different expiry states. The alarm, after a passenger of a train that leads across the river, saw a body swimming, the public broadcaster reported Franceinfo.

Identity and condition of the victims

The body of one of the men, who was later identified as a 48-year-old French citizen, was recovered in a "relatively intact" state. An autopsy showed that it was strangled. He was wearing a T-shirt, but was naked from the waist. The other corpses found were in a "very advanced state of decomposition", which made it difficult to determine the cause of death, according to the public prosecutor.

Connections of the victims and the suspect

The second body, that of a 21-year-old Algerian citizen, had injuries that agreed with strangulation. He was reported missing by his relatives the week before the body was found. The other two victims were identified as homeless men who regularly ran near the site of their corpses. Both had not been heard since the end of July. One man was 21 years old and Algerian citizen, the other 26 years old and Tunisian nationality, according to the public prosecutor's office.

Investigations and arrest

The investigators could not determine whether all four men knew each other, even though they were all connected to the area in which their corpses were discovered, the public prosecutor reported. This area was often frequented by homeless and was also known as "as a place for occasional homosexual encounters", according to the public prosecutor's office.

Connection between suspicious and victims

After checking surveillance camera material and analyzing telephone data, the investigators focused on the suspect, which was "usually" present in the area. Before the corpses were found, he was arrested while he was owned by documents of one of the victims. He was also stopped by the police on the day of the finds of the corpses, and a week later he was taken into custody.

Charge and further investigations

The investigators could confirm a connection between the suspect and "each of the victims at a time that was at the same time as their disappearance," said the public prosecutor's office. The suspect refused to answer questions about the crimes accused of him and only gave short answers if he was asked about other topics, according to the public prosecutor's office. The investigation into the crimes continued, the office continued.