Overview
- The body was discovered Thursday behind a house in Cernay-lès-Reims, a commune near Reims in the Marne.
- Prosecutor François Schneider said the victim had very numerous stab wounds to the body and face.
- The 26-year-old son was detained by the Reims research section on suspicion of killing his father.
- Prosecutors opened an investigation for intentional homicide of an ascendant, with an autopsy scheduled Friday.
- The prosecutor said the suspect is a drug user with significant psychiatric history and was judged incompatible with police custody.