Overview

• French authorities are conducting a post-mortem, with preliminary results expected early next week and a handover of the body to follow.
• Investigators say nothing currently indicates foul play, though no possibilities are being ruled out as the inquiry continues.
• Deputy minister Alvin Botes says the government will not endorse a suicide narrative pending official findings.
• Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the ambassador’s wife received a message expressing an intention to end his life and described an initial view of a deliberate act without third-party involvement.
• Family statements detail that he initially booked the hotel for 27–28 September then moved it to 29 September, the day he checked in and later fell from the 22nd floor, with earlier reports of a forced window and scissors still subject to forensic confirmation.