“Historically it is an important building. Many people lived there, including poet François Coppée,” said Sabine Lebreton, vice-president of the Association pour la Sauvegarde du Site de la Rue Oudinot, a local association dedicated to preserving the neighborhood. , told CNN.
“It’s also about what the place says,” she said. “In the back there is an enormous garden. You can imagine the receptions and social functions … It is from another century.”
Since the middle of the 18th century, the low-rise building was sold in January for 35.1 million euros (about $ 41.2 million).
A forensic source told CNN that the Paris prosecutor’s office had opened a preliminary murder investigation into the discovery of a man’s body in the basement of a building undergoing construction on Oudinot Street in Paris.
Officials said the body was discovered on February 26, and investigations have been given to the criminal unit.
Bruno Picard, a lawyer responsible for the auction of the house, told CNN: “They found him in a place that had not been visited by the fictitious man who had made the report as by anyone else. No one had visited the basement.
“I received an email from a police officer, I sent him to my website, where I revealed everything I know. They found a dead man,” Picard said.
“Apparently he had been there for 30 years. It will not have much impact on the rest of this case. Given the time frame … I think the owner is about to start work,” Picard added.
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