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Mummified body found in air duct at French bank identified as illegal immigrant
Published November 20, 2014
LYON, France -- A mummified body found trapped inside an air duct at a French bank was a homeless illegal immigrant, who was last arrested a few days before his death.
An autopsy and fingerprint check on the half-rotted corpse, which was discovered Monday at a branch of Credit Foncier in Lyon, eastern France confirmed he was a man in his thirties known to police in several French cities, Lyon Capitale reported. He had claimed to be just 19 years old and originally from Gaza.
Workers at the bank complained for months about a bad smell emanating from the air vent, prompting an inspection by maintenance workers and the gruesome discovery earlier in the week
The body was located in a bend in the ducting, which measures just 20 inches across and leads from the roof to a staff bathroom. The man died of asphyxiation and had no other injuries
Investigators think he became stuck inside the bank just before Christmas, as he was last ticketed by cops on Dec. 11 and a newspaper from Dec. 13 was found with his body.
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