Tuesday, August 19, the lifeless body of a man in his thirties was found in the Vecchio, near the bridges to which the watercourse gave their name, in a place very frequented by bathers. Evacuated at the end of the morning thanks to the help of a helicopter from the national gendarmerie, he was autopsied as part of a investigation opened by the Bastia prosecution to determine The exact causes of death. And if the first hypotheses leaned instead for an accident in view of the findings made on the spot, according to a source close to the investigation, The suicide track is privileged. “The autopsy carried out today [ndlr : jeudi 21 août] Allows to dismiss that of homicide. She did not reveal the intervention of a third party “indicates the deputy prosecutor of Bastia, Anouk Bonnet.
A 34-year-old man living in Corsica-du-Sud
Another shadow zone that the investigation was to clarify: the identity of the deceased man. At first, the task turned out to be complicated. He had no identity papers on him and the large number of cars located nearby – those of bathers, passers -by and canyoning followers – complicated the work of investigators. They finally returned on the spot the same evening and found only one vehicle. That belonging to the deceased man.
What go back to his identity. And if, at first, many thought of a tourist because the local authorities did not recognize it, it is actually aA Corsican resident. “A nomme by 34 Ans Regciidant to Portcano”confirms the prosecution. The identity was confirmed by the family.
