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Overview
- Police found 69-year-old Daniel Siad at his Colombes home on Monday, July 20, and the Nanterre prosecutor opened a judicial inquiry to determine the cause of death.
- An autopsy on Thursday did not reveal an immediate cause of death and prosecutors have ordered toxicology and anatomical tests as investigations by local police continue.
- Siad was the subject of multiple French complaints for rape and human trafficking that arose after the declassification of U.S. Department of Justice 'Epstein Files' that name him repeatedly.
- The Paris prosecutor said Siad’s death extinguishes the criminal case against him but that the broader inquiry into an alleged organized trafficking network and other suspects will go on with victims still being heard.
- Survivors and advocacy groups have voiced anger at judicial delays and some have launched legal action against the State, saying the loss of a trial removes a chance for public accountability and may shape how the wider probe is pursued.