Overview
- Rescue crews found the first body after a call at about 10:40 a.m., and a second body was located roughly 600 metres away on the shore of Sausset-les-Pins on Thursday.
- The Aix-en-Provence public prosecutor opened a judicial investigation to establish causes of death and ordered medico-legal autopsies.
- Officials said one body was found entirely naked and the other partially undressed, a detail the prosecutor described as strange and investigators are treating as relevant.
- Formal identification is not yet complete; an unnamed source suggested the victims may be an older man and a woman in middle age but the magistrate has not confirmed that.
- Authorities noted a yellow 'vagues-submersion' warning for the department the same day and investigators say sea conditions and time in water will factor into forensic tests and timing estimates.