A walker made a macabre discovery on Saturday in an isolated area east of Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales). While she was walking her dog, she came across a corpse.
Prosecutor Jean-David Cavaillé told AFP that he had opened a murder investigation. “An autopsy will allow us to know the causes of death and the identity of the victim,” he added.
A severed arm
According to the Actu17 site, which revealed the information, the body found below a field was in a state of decomposition and an arm was severed.
According to France 3 Occitania, the victim died of a bullet to the head.