Overview

• A walker discovered the mutilated body of a 32-year-old man in a Pont-de-Metz sports park Monday morning, prompting the Parquet d’Amiens to open a voluntary homicide investigation.
• Investigators arrested a 27-year-old man Tuesday after identifying him via a mobile phone found near the crime scene and placed him in custody on suspicion of assassination.
• The suspect acknowledged the killing during custody but said he did not know the victim, according to the Amiens public prosecutor’s office.
• An autopsy confirmed that multiple stab wounds to the heart, lower face and abdomen caused the victim’s death and revealed the extent of the evisceration, the prosecutor’s office reported.
• The Division of Organized and Specialized Crime and the judicial police are reviewing surveillance footage and collecting witness statements to clarify the motive and any link between the suspect and the victim.