Overview
- Two weeks after the New Year’s blaze that killed 40 and injured 116, lawyers say several victims were never autopsied and some were buried, raising the prospect of exhumations.
- Valais prosecutors belatedly ordered certain examinations after families pressed for them, and declined further comment pending formal statements.
- In one case, 17-year-old Trystan Pidoux’s funeral was postponed when an autopsy was ordered the night before; the report found death from smoke inhalation.
- Italy’s ambassador says none of the six Italian victims were autopsied in Switzerland, and Rome’s prosecutor has asked for the bodies; an Italian police report notes 34 bodies found piled at a staircase and death certificates without stated causes.
- Investigators say sparks from “fountain” candles likely ignited acoustic foam; the bar-owning husband is jailed for three months in a negligence probe, with possible release on 200,000 Swiss francs bail to be decided.