Mystery as dismembered body found dumped in suitcase under Paris bridge before ‘victim’s carer’ hands himself into cops
MYSTERY surrounds the discovery of a dismembered body inside a suitcase dumped under a Parisian bridge.
Firefighters made the grim discovery under the Austerlitz bridge after they were called to put out a fire on Saturday.
A murder investigation was launched, reports.
In a bizarre twist, the victim's carer, a 34-year-old man turned himself in the following morning.
The man is said to have told cops he was the disabled victim's carer and claimed the two of them had a dispute, according to French radio station Europe1.
The Paris public prosecutor’s office said: "He has been remanded into custody for murder.
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"Numerous investigations are underway and the person concerned has not yet been interviewed."
They confirmed the body had been found "at the foot of the Austerlitz bridge" adding that a murder investigation had been handed over to the criminal brigade of the Paris judicial police.
Citing a source close to the investigation, Le Parisien reported that the body of “an adult male” was "in several pieces" and missing the “upper and lower limbs”.
An investigation continues.
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