Overview
- Police discovered the body in a 14th‑arrondissement apartment after a neighbor alerted officers that the door had been open for about two hours, according to multiple reports.
- Officers found the man lying on a bed hidden under a duvet in a flat described as in disorder and said he had multiple facial wounds plus a throat that was partly slashed.
- A magistrate attended the scene and the Parquet de Paris announced an inquiry for homicide volontaire with the brigade criminelle handling the investigation.
- Forensic work is underway and an autopsy was scheduled to clarify the cause and timing of the wounds; authorities have not publicly identified any suspect.
- Neighbors told one outlet the victim often received visitors and struggled with alcohol, a detail investigators may follow up on as they search for motives and possible witnesses.