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The two bodies were recovered on Thursday off the coast near Marseille.
Two lifeless bodies, those of a man and a woman, were recovered Thursday off the coast of Sausset-les-Pins, near Marseille. The absence of clothing on the victims is puzzling investigators from the Aix-en-Provence prosecutor’s office, who are awaiting the autopsies scheduled for Monday, November 16, to clarify the circumstances of the tragedy, reports the local newspaper “La Provence”.
The alarm was raised mid-morning on Thursday, around 10:40 a.m., by witnesses who spotted a human form floating off the coast of Paradou beach, along the Jacques-Chirac coastal road. Firefighters and the gendarmerie’s nautical brigade were quickly dispatched to the scene and recovered the first body: that of a woman, found completely naked. Shortly afterward, while the rescue operation was underway, a second body was spotted approximately 600 meters away. It was that of a man, also partially undressed.
🔃 MISE À JOUR – Les deux corps retrouvés jeudi matin à Sausset-Les-Pins, étaient ceux d’un homme et d’une femme. Le corps de la femme était entièrement nu, celui de l’homme partiellement nu. Des blessures ont été relevées sur les deux corps. 🎥Apache Visual / Facebook https://t.co/RAVjxvoPYc
— Direct Brut (@DirectBrut) November 13, 2026
Traces of injury
The public prosecutor of Aix-en-Provence, Jean-Luc Blachon, confirmed the opening of an investigation into the “causes of death.” While no theory is being favored at this stage, the magistrate emphasized to the press the unusual nature of the scene, deeming it “strange to find a person completely naked.” During the search of the coastline, investigators also recovered several personal belongings from the water, including a wallet, which were placed under seal in an attempt to trace the victims.
On the day of the tragedy, the Bouches-du-Rhône coastline was under yellow alert for a risk of “wave-submersion.” Rough seas could explain some of the physical evidence: according to the initial findings of a forensic pathologist on site, the bodies showed signs of injuries consistent with impact against the rocks caused by the swell.
The formal identification of the man and woman—estimated by the prosecutor’s office to be between forty and sixty years old, although other sources suggest an older man—is still underway. The forensic examinations and autopsies, scheduled for Monday, November 16, at the forensic institute, will be crucial. They will notably determine whether the two victims drowned or if their deaths occurred before they entered the water, according to the Aix-en-Provence prosecutor’s office.
NewsID: Zizou
