An investigation opened after the discovery of the body of a man in La Marne

This Sunday, November 24, a body was recovered from the water, at the Damery dam, in La Marne. He is a man in his fifties, who has not yet been identified. The Chalon public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation to determine the causes of this death.

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The firefighters were called around 10 a.m. this Sunday, November 24, 2024, after the discovery of a body in the water, at the Damery dam, located between Épernay and Dormans (Marne).

According to newspaper information The Union it would be a man in his fifties, who has not yet been able to be identified. No disappearances have been reported recently in the area, the gendarmes told the local daily.

No trace of third party intervention

An investigation was opened by the Chalon public prosecutor's office and entrusted to the Épernay gendarmerie. However “no trace of any intervention by a third party has been detected”declared Annick Browne, public prosecutor to our colleagues at France Bleu Champagne-Ardenne . An autopsy will take place in the coming days to determine the cause of death.