the body found in the Sèvre is indeed that of little Marciano

The lifeless body of the child found in the Sèvre is indeed that of little Marciano, announced the prosecutor of Niort (Deux-Sèvres), Friday, April 21. Aged 7, the little boy was last seen on April 9 in Niort.

The autopsy did not reveal “no trace of intervention by a third party and in particular no trace of physical or sexual violence”said the prosecution. “The cause of death is death by drowning or hypothermia, which will be determined by further examinations”, he adds.

The investigation continues

Before disappearing, the little boy had been seen on Sunday April 9 in the afternoon, while he was playing at the foot of the building where his family lives, in the Tour Chabot district, in Niort, France had reported. 3 New Aquitaine. On Friday, April 14, the lifeless body of a child, which matched the description of little Marciano, was found.

Investigations are continuing to determine under what circumstances the child may have been in the river, concluded the Niort prosecutor.