The Mummified Body of a Former Actor Who Played with Sim, Found Under the Walls of Besançon
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For weeks, his identity remained a mystery. Behind the body found in Besançon's fortifications last March, however, was an unexpected story, that of the broken trajectory of an actor and a long wandering.
The mummified body found under the ramparts of Besançon (Doubs) last March finally delivered its identity. The East Republican paints the portrait of a former actor who became a vagabond exhausted by the street.
Last March, a mummified body was found in a cavity of the fortifications in Besançon, Doubs. At the beginning of the summer, the man could be identified and buried.
The discovery first had a black novel scenario. In March 2026, when he was simply looking for a shelter to spend the night in a beating rain, a homeless man made a macabre find in a cavity under the walls of Besançon, in the Doubs. Inside was a mummified body whose identity was then unknown. A body found in the Doubs Several months later, the investigation finally allowed to put a name on this body and trace the disturbing fate of this man once …
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