Homeless man charged with murder after 4 bodies found in France’s River Seine
The bodies, some partially naked, were found on August 13 in the river just outside Paris; suspect’s identity and nationality are uncertain
A French judge on Sunday charged a homeless man, whose identity and nationality remain uncertain, for the murders of four men whose bodies were found in the River Seine just outside Paris, prosecutors said.
The bodies, some partially naked, were found on August 13 in the river in the southeastern suburb of Choisy-le-Roi.
A passenger on a passing train saw one body floating in the river and the others were found later.
The suspect was detained on Wednesday and placed in pre-trial detention, the man’s lawyer, Antoine Ory, told Agence France-Presse.
A prosecution statement said that while his identity was “uncertain”, he was a “homeless man aged about 20” whose nationality was “not established”.
Prosecutors said the man had refused to answer questions about the killings but that investigators had established a link between the suspect and each of the four dead – an Algerian, 21, and a 26-year-old Tunisian – both homeless – a 46-year-old Frenchman and another Algerian aged 21.