What happened in the third floor apartment in Roubaix (North)? The lifeless body of a 17-year-old girl was discovered this Sunday in an apartment where around thirty canisters of nitrous oxide were found, Le Parisien learned from police sources.
This Sunday afternoon, Roubaix police officers were contacted by a resident of a building on rue Drouot, in the city center. She was worried about not hearing from her 17-year-old neighbor.
Investigation opened into “involuntary manslaughter”
Alerted, police accompanied by emergency services attended the address listed at around 15.15. and found, in an apartment on the third floor, the teenager’s lifeless body.
According to the medical examiner’s preliminary findings, the young woman’s death appears to be related to excessive nitrous oxide intake. At the scene, inside the apartment, police found about thirty “large capacity” nitrous oxide canisters, which “could explain his death,” according to police sources.
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This “laughing gas”, which is mainly used for professional purposes in cooking and medicine, is being diverted by the younger generation for recreational purposes. An investigation was opened by the Lille prosecutor’s office into “involuntary manslaughter.” The investigation was entrusted to the Northern Regional Police (CPN).
