Overview

• Laurent Caillaud, a 56-year-old centre-right councillor from Pays de la Loire, was found dead on September 15 in a Tours apartment after emergency services were unable to resuscitate him.
• The Tours public prosecutor confirmed a judicial investigation into the causes of death and ordered an autopsy with toxicological analyses.
• Media accounts citing sources close to the case report that Caillaud spent the night with two men during a chemsex encounter in the Sanitas neighborhood.
• Unconfirmed reports allege the presence of MDMA and 3‑MMC and describe a sudden collapse around 3 a.m., with no visible signs of violence noted by initial sources.
• Political figures expressed shock over the death of the LR politician known as an ally of Bruno Retailleau, while some renewed calls for stronger prevention efforts related to drug use and chemsex.