The causes of the death of Agathe Hilairet remain unknown on Tuesday, two days after the discovery of the jogger’s body in Vivonne (Vienne). For the time being, the autopsy has not made it possible to know more. accident, suicide, murder … The mystery persists. What will happen now? Here is taking stock.
What happened to Agathe Hilairetmissing since April 10 in Vienne after having left to run? Accident, suicide or murder, the mystery remains whole this Tuesday, May 6, two days after the Discovery of the body of this young 28 -year -old jogger by a walker In an undergrowth, south of the town of Vivonne.“The autopsy did not make it possible to determine, at this stage, the causes of death” said the public prosecutor of Poitiers after the discovery of the 28 -year -old young woman’s corpse. “Several complementary analyzes are underway to continue the investigations” said Cyril Lacombe. What is it? What are the tracks studied by investigators? Here is taking stock.
“The body will speak, but it takes time”
Examination of the body will be central to shedding light on what has happened to Agathe Hilairet, as suggested by the complementary analyzes that are underway. “It is possible that the body does not speak right away, it has been able to undergo a large number of degradations. It is in an open environment”, explained to here Poitou The former director of the judicial police for the national gendarmerie, David Galtierwho worked on similar files.
Additional analyzes announced by the Prosecutor of the Republic of Poitiers can be of several types. “There will be analyzes related to the exact dating of death. For example, entomology, which uses larvae and colonies of insects “, According to David Galtier. There may also be anatomopathological exams “To examine more precisely under the microscope of any traces of lesions”, indicated the ex-instruction judge Jacques Dallest, on Franceinfo. “We will look on the body traces, violence, DNA or micro-ADN”, specifies David Galtier for whom “The body will speak, but it takes time”.
Work the body of discovery of the body
The body of Agathe Hilairet, experienced runner with frail corpulence (1.65 m for 35 kg), was discovered by a walker on Sunday, May 4 “In an undergrowth on the outskirts of research zones“ said the public prosecutor of Poitiers. This area extended over a wide perimeter of 100 km² from the survey. “Did the people who carried out this research missed the body? Is the body, if a third person intervened, was deposited in this place after this research?”,, Asked Jacques Dallest.
-“Device of technical and scientific police will therefore have to be carried out again at the scene of discovery” of the body of the young jogger who died, according to the former director of the judicial police for the national gendarmerie, as well as “new auditions of witnesses who were not in the first circle perhaps, where we searched the area”. For David Galtier, “At this stage the ancim software (which makes it possible to treat the many elements collected for the good of an investigation and to cross them, editor’s note) Must turn to find out who could possibly be in the body of discovery of the body and be able to bring out new elements “.
On the Application of Sports Geolocation Strava, where Agathe Hilairet broadcast her racing statements, the deceased was described as “Adoring running”practiced “Since (his) 17 years”launching a distances of 15 to 20 km at each of its outings. She had resumed in May 2024 after “Several years of stopping”according to a message posted then on his Facebook account. Her father had given the alert on April 10, not seeing her come back when her phone no longer replied.
All tracks remain open
At this stage of the investigation, Judicial information was opened on April 14 for “kidnapping and sequestration” After a first phase of investigation for “disturbing disappearance”. The results of the complementary analyzes practiced on the body of Agathe Hilairet, the transition to the end of the area of discovery of the young joggist’s body, as well as the exploitation of the reports received by the investigators, nearly 180, will undoubtedly be determining to know if the instruction “must be extended to acts of voluntary homicide if traces of strangulation, blows” Or not, analyzes the ex-Magistrat Jacques Dallest.
In the meantime, all the tracks remain open: accident, suicide or murder. “The investigation restarts in a certain way, According to the former investigating judge Jacques Dallest, With this uncertainty about the continuation of investigations: are they there to identify a third person, the author of a possible homicide, or can we determine, which would end the investigation, that this young woman put an end to her life or that there are no traces of external violence? “”
In this case, since April 17, a national cell with Twenty dedicated investigators is mobilized to continue investigations. She took her hand after a week of ratings having mobilized more than a hundred gendarmes, supported by a helicopter, dogs and a team of divers.
