saint-gilles · FR
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A partially burned body was found lying between rows of vines on a wine estate at Saint-Gilles, in the Gard, on the morning of Wednesday 12 August 2026. An agricultural worker arriving at work discovered it and alerted the gendarmes. The Nîmes public prosecutor's office announced that initial findings had established the body to be that of a woman, not identified at that stage, and opened an investigation for assassinat — murder with premeditation. Local media reported on 17 August that the body is believed to be that of an influencer from the department, aged 29, who had a large following on social media. The prosecutor's office had not confirmed the identity of the victim, and the results of DNA tests had not been made public. According to an account given by a woman presenting herself as the victim's sister, she went out on the evening of 10 August and never came home; the family suspects a femicide. The sister also described physical details that she said matched items found with the body.
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- city corrected from "nîmes", the seat of the prosecuting authority, to "saint-gilles", where the body was found, and coordinates moved from the Nîmes centroid to Saint-Gilles [43.6772, 4.4308]. incident_date corrected from the article publication date 2026-08-18 to 2026-08-12, the date of the discovery. victim.sex set to F from the prosecutor's statement. slug updated to match.