The lifeless bodies of two people were recovered this Monday, April 15, from an artificial water retention basin on a market garden in Erquy (Côtes-d'Armor),
Le Figaro
learned from the Saint-Brieuc prosecutor's office, confirming information from the daily
Ouest-France
.
The corpses of a 25-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman were discovered
"floating on the surface"
, indicates Nicolas Heitz, the prosecutor of the Saint-Brieuc court, who specified this Wednesday that he had requested measures autopsies which will be carried out at the Forensic Institute (IML) in Rennes this Friday as well as toxicological analyses.
Thanks to the initial investigations carried out by the Saint-Brieuc gendarmerie research brigade and the hearing of witnesses, the investigators were able to trace the thread of the tragedy.
According to the first elements, the young woman was an employee on the farm and was housed in a caravan located in the area of her work, details Nicolas Heitz who specifies that the second victim was one of his friends. According to several hearings, the couple spent a
“festive evening”
on Saturday April 13, accompanied by a third young man.
The trio went to a barbecue in Planguenoual (Côtes d'Armor) and subsequently returned to the caravan.
“They would then have consumed alcohol and narcotics together
,” details the prosecution, which adds that it was ketamine belonging to the deceased young man. The third individual
“would not have slept with the couple in the caravan”
, reports Nicolas Heitz. The young man collected his things on Sunday morning without seeing them or worrying.
A depth of 1.17 meters
Worried about not seeing his employee this Monday, the young woman's boss then decided to contact her parents who also had no news of their daughter.
The searches carried out by the manager and the parents finally led to the discovery of the two corpses in the artificial water retention basin near the caravan. However, the pool does not appear deep enough to cause a death by drowning, at least in a sober state. The findings made it possible to note a maximum depth of 1.17 meters
“and a slippery tarpaulin on its bottom”
, the floor further details.
Searches will be carried out on Wednesday, particularly in the young woman's caravan. For the moment, the first investigations suggest an accidental drowning, in a context of taking narcotics
"which will, or not, be confirmed by toxicological expertise"
, underlines Nicolas Heitz.
Death by drowning
This month of April is marked by numerous accidental events in the context of drowning. On April 4, the body of a young man was recovered from a river in Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre (Deux-Sèvres). It was the remains of Erwan B., aged 18, who disappeared on the night of February 10 to 11 in the department, after an evening at a nightclub.
Two days before, Pablo's body was discovered in a river in Marigny-Chemereau (Vienna). The 18-year-old young man disappeared during the Easter weekend while he was also returning from a night out with his friends.