Two bodies discovered in water at Sausset-les-Pins, investigation opened
Two bodies, a man and a woman, were found on Thursday in the water at Paradou beach in Sausset-les-Pins. The Aix-en-Provence prosecutor's office is investigating the circumstances of their death.
Discovery in Provence
According to Actu17, two bodies were found on Thursday in the water along the shore at Sausset-les-Pins, in the Bouches-du-Rhône, approximately forty kilometres west of Marseille. The bodies, separated by 600 metres, were reported at around 10:40 after a first body was spotted off Paradou beach. A second was discovered shortly afterwards in the Petit Nid cove.
The Prosecutor of the Republic for Aix-en-Provence, Jean-Luc Blachon, told the AFP that the victims included a man and a woman. One of them was completely naked, the other partially undressed. By the end of Thursday, the two people had not yet been formally identified, although a source close to the investigation indicates they would be a man of approximately 70 years old and a woman in her forties.
The Aix-en-Provence prosecutor's office opened an investigation into the causes of death. The magistrate stressed the importance of an autopsy to determine whether the people had drowned or died before immersion. "At this time, we do not know when these two people disappeared, nor how long the bodies had been in the water," Blachon clarified. The investigations were entrusted to the gendarmerie.
The prosecutor found it "strange" that one person was completely naked. No line of enquiry is being ruled out at this stage. The region was under yellow alert for wave surge and rain-flooding due to depression Charles, which brought substantial rainfall to Provence.
Source: Actu17