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Autopsy fails to bring clarity on cause of death of man found on supermarket carpark

Two days since the discovery of a body on the carpark of an Aldi supermarket in the Flemish Brabant municipality of Zemst there is still no clarity on what caused the man’s death. The public prosecutor’s office says that the autopsy on the deceased 47-year-old’s body was inconclusive. 

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As we reported on Monday, the body of a man was found at around 5:20 on Monday morning on the carpark of the Aldi supermarket on the Brusselsesteenweg in Zemst. A pathologist and forensics officers attended the scene. The case was treated as a suspicious death.

An autopsy was carried out the dead man's body on Tuesday. However, this proved to be inconclusive. Ingrid Moriau of the Halle-Vilvoorde public prosecutor’s office told VRT News that “The various bruises on the body do not appear to be the cause of death”. Ms Moriau added that “A further toxicological and microscopic examination will now be carried be done to determine the cause of death.”

 

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