He kept his friend’s corpse at his home for several months, before cutting him off near Caen

We know a little more, this Wednesday, May 7, 2025, on the circumstances of the drama which cost the life to man whose two legs had been found, in July 2024, in the troubled waters of the channel of Caen (Calvados) At the sea, near Blainville-sur-Orne.

He keeps the corpse on his balcony for several months

Monday, May 5, a suspect was arrested in Alençon (Orne), by investigators from the gendarmerie research section. During his police custody, this 28 -year -old man has recognized to be the murderer. He also admitted to having cut the body of his friend.

The two men knew each other indeed. They both frequented the drug world, in the agglomeration of Caen.

According to his statements, he would have strangled The victim, a 39 -year -old man, in September 2023, during an evening marked by a high consumption of alcohol and narcotics. The disappearance of the victim had been reported and was the subject of a call for witnesses at the time.

He tries to immerse the pieces of the body, then buried them in his mother’s garden

The public prosecutor of Caen, Joël Garriguehas given details on the rest of the events.

The suspect explains that he then kept the corpse for several months on the balcony of his apartment, packaged in a blanket and a tent canvas, before deciding to get rid of it by cutting it into a dozen pieces using a saw.

According to our information, the alleged murderer has decided to cut the body when he was forced to move.

To make the corpse disappear, he would have tried to immerse them in the canal first. Without success, except for both legs. “He buried other parts in the garden of the pavilion of his mother, without his knowledge,” continues the public prosecutor. The rest of the body was hidden at the bottom of this garden, in the open air ”. These songs were found by the investigators at the mother’s home in the Caen agglomeration.

Indicted for murder and placed in detention

The alleged murderer was presented to an investigating judge this Wednesday, May 7, after his police custody. He was indicted for murder and must, in all likelihood, be placed in pre -trial detention in the process.

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