Murder of Jean-Pierre Renaud

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'''Jean-Pierre Renaud''' was a Frenchman whose remains were found in a former mansion in the [[Faubourg Saint-Germain]] district of [[Paris]].<ref name=guardian-thirty-year-old-corpse-discovered-cellar-35m-paris-mansion>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=fr24news-orpse-discovered-after-30-years-in-the-basement-of-a-mansion-in-paris>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> A murder investigation has been opened.<ref name=guardian-thirty-year-old-corpse-discovered-cellar-35m-paris-mansion/>
==Background==
The mansion at 12 rue Oudinot was once the home of [[François Coppée]].<ref name=guardian-thirty-year-old-corpse-discovered-cellar-35m-paris-mansion/><ref name=fr24news-orpse-discovered-after-30-years-in-the-basement-of-a-mansion-in-paris/> It had been deserted since the 1980s.<ref name=guardian-thirty-year-old-corpse-discovered-cellar-35m-paris-mansion/><ref name=fr24news-orpse-discovered-after-30-years-in-the-basement-of-a-mansion-in-paris/> The building was bricked off with ivy growing wild and the garden overgrown.<ref name=guardian-thirty-year-old-corpse-discovered-cellar-35m-paris-mansion/><ref name=fr24news-orpse-discovered-after-30-years-in-the-basement-of-a-mansion-in-paris/>

The house had been sold by a Dutch firm to Jean-Bernard Lafonta in January 2020.<ref name=guardian-thirty-year-old-corpse-discovered-cellar-35m-paris-mansion/><ref name=fr24news-orpse-discovered-after-30-years-in-the-basement-of-a-mansion-in-paris/>
==Discovery==
Jean-Pierre Renaud's body was found in the building on 26 February 2020 by workmen.<ref name=le-monde-a-paris-l-hotel-particulier-sa-cave-et-son-cadavre-momifie>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=guardian-thirty-year-old-corpse-discovered-cellar-35m-paris-mansion/><ref name=fr24news-orpse-discovered-after-30-years-in-the-basement-of-a-mansion-in-paris/> Broken bones and knife wounds prompted police to open a murder inquiry.<ref name=guardian-thirty-year-old-corpse-discovered-cellar-35m-paris-mansion/><ref name=fr24news-orpse-discovered-after-30-years-in-the-basement-of-a-mansion-in-paris/> He was identified by papers found on his body.<ref name=guardian-thirty-year-old-corpse-discovered-cellar-35m-paris-mansion/><ref name=fr24news-orpse-discovered-after-30-years-in-the-basement-of-a-mansion-in-paris/> He had been living without a fixed abode and was known to have an alcohol problem.<ref name=guardian-thirty-year-old-corpse-discovered-cellar-35m-paris-mansion/><ref name=fr24news-orpse-discovered-after-30-years-in-the-basement-of-a-mansion-in-paris/>

It wasn't clear if he'd been murdered in the building or killed elsewhere and brought there later.<ref name=guardian-thirty-year-old-corpse-discovered-cellar-35m-paris-mansion/><ref name=fr24news-orpse-discovered-after-30-years-in-the-basement-of-a-mansion-in-paris/> Police said that the murderer may be dead.<ref name=guardian-thirty-year-old-corpse-discovered-cellar-35m-paris-mansion/><ref name=fr24news-orpse-discovered-after-30-years-in-the-basement-of-a-mansion-in-paris/>

His children had been located and notified of their father's death.<ref name=guardian-thirty-year-old-corpse-discovered-cellar-35m-paris-mansion/><ref name=fr24news-orpse-discovered-after-30-years-in-the-basement-of-a-mansion-in-paris/>

The new owner, Lafonta, declined to comment.<ref name=guardian-thirty-year-old-corpse-discovered-cellar-35m-paris-mansion/><ref name=fr24news-orpse-discovered-after-30-years-in-the-basement-of-a-mansion-in-paris/>

==References==


[[Category:2020 in Paris]]
[[Category:Unsolved murders in France]]

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