Investigation into “acts of torture and barbarity” after the death of a young woman

She was “massacred” a source confided to Dauphiné Libéré. An investigation was opened for “murder, acts of torture and barbarity by an organized gang” after the death of a 24-year-old young woman in Avignon (Vaucluse), we learned. 20 Minutes with the public prosecutor’s office, confirming initial information from the Dauphiné Libéré.

The body of the young woman was discovered this Tuesday, in a studio in the old town. Investigators suspect she was also the victim of rape in a crime involving multiple people and one that appears particularly gruesome given the qualifications of the investigation.

The precise causes of death remain to be determined.

It was the victim’s mother who alerted the emergency services, although according to certain elements of the investigation they had consumed drugs together before the incident. The young woman had also been followed for a long time for psychiatric disorders. For the moment, the precise causes of death remain to be determined, in particular with the help of an autopsy and no arrests have been made. The investigation was entrusted to the judicial police.