Near Toulouse: the mummified body of a tenant discovered by the bailiff who was to evict him
The body in a very advanced state of decomposition of a tenant was discovered by a bailiff who was to proceed with his eviction. The unfortunate would have died between six months and a year.
This drama is a paroxysmal example of what urban areas can produce in terms of loneliness and social misery. Late yesterday morning, a bailiff went to the Vidailhan district in Balma. He had to evict a tenant, a 60-something who hadn’t paid his rent for a very long time.
The usher rings the doorbell. No answer. He calls a locksmith to get into the house. The air is stale there. There is a strong smell emanating from the bathroom. The bailiff goes there and discovers the lifeless body of the sexagenarian and immediately warns the gendarmes of the company of Toulouse-Saint-Michel. The pensioner is in a fetal position, lying on the floor next to the bathtub. He wears clothes. The corpse is in a very advanced state of decomposition “mummified” according to a police source.
This man lived alone, cut off from the world. He had no family or friends around. His neighbors hadn’t noticed anything. The public prosecutor ordered an autopsy to determine the causes of death, in particular to find out whether the unfortunate was the victim of intoxication or very hypothetical poisoning.
The apartment was locked from the inside, leaving little room for the villainous trail. The corpse is in a very advanced state of decomposition. He died at least six months ago maybe even a year. The samples taken by the medical examiners will make it possible to better date the death. Just like the work of the investigators who will in particular try to find out when the sexagenarian no longer withdrew his mail from the mailbox.