Paris 2024 Olympics: 21-year-old volunteer found dead in apartment after attending closing ceremony

A volunteer at the 2024 Olympics, who disappeared after attending the closing ceremony, was found dead in Paris in the home of her partner who was arrested, we learned Tuesday from a police source.

"An investigation into intentional homicide was entrusted to the 2nd judicial police district of Paris (DPJ) after the discovery of the lifeless body of a young woman, aged 21, in an apartment in the 18th arrondissement, specified the Paris prosecutor's office.

A worrying disappearance was reported Monday around 7:25 p.m. at the police station in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Research established that the victim was last seen around 1 a.m. on the night of Sunday to Monday on Boulevard Ney. Around 11 p.m. Monday, the family of the missing woman informed investigators that they had received an SMS from an acquaintance indicating that the latter's companion had done “something stupid”.

"Blood on the neck suggesting the presence of a wound"

The police went to the latter's home in the 18th arrondissement. Around 1:45 a.m., they discovered the victim's lifeless body, with a hematoma on the cheekbone and "blood on the neck suggesting the presence of a wound& quot;.

The man, who was next to him "in a semi-comatose state", a was arrested and taken into police custody. The circumstances of the death remain to be established and the investigations have been entrusted to the 2nd district of the Paris judicial police (DPJ).