The body of Christian Duval was found this Saturday October 5, 2024 in Quérigut in Ariège. This 65-year-old business manager from Perpignan had been missing for a week.
Christian Duval had not given any sign of life since Sunday September 29, 2024 in the morning. This 65-year-old business leader from Perpignan had gone mushrooming. Worried, his family launched a call for mobilization and the Pyrénées-Orientales gendarmerie published a call for witnesses. The body of Christian Duval was finally found this Saturday, October 5 in Quérigut in Ariège, in the Capeliers sector. Information from France Bleu Roussillon confirmed by the gendarmerie. The body was discovered in a difficult to access area. If the accidental theory of death is put forward, no leads have yet been closed.
This Saturday, at the call of his relatives, around fifty people were still mobilized to search for him in the town of Escouloubre-les-Bains, in Aude. The missing person’s car, a white Citroën Berlingo, had been spotted by a passer-by on a path in the Escouloubre forest.
For several days, investigations had been carried out by the gendarmes helped by a Saint-Hubert dog specialized in searching for people, but also supported by aerial means, as well as by relatives and volunteers. The high mountain gendarmerie platoon, the Ariège gendarmes, members of the ONF and hunters were also mobilized. “His jacket and his snack were found in his car, which means that he had to shelter under leaves or tree trunks to resist the cold, confided Friday evening his companion Virginie Baes. We won’t see him from the side of the path, especially since he doesn’t take the paths, he cuts through the forest.” It was before the discovery of Christian Duval’s body this Saturday.
