Suspicious Death Of A French Expatriate At The Beach In Kribi

Found floating on the sea, the body of Bruno Herve Charles Gerard lacked water in his stomach and lungs, which excludes the hypothesis of drowning.

Tragic end for Bruno Hervé Charles Gérard. The dead body of the 63-year-old French expatriate, originally from Bordeaux, lies since last Friday at the morgue of Kribi District Hospital (he may have already been transferred to one of Yaounde's morgues). According to his companion, Anastasie Mpola, chief warrant officer in service at the military garrison of Yaoundé, with whom the deceased lived in concubinage since 2008 in the Nkoabang district (Yaoundé), they arrived on a tour in Kribi Friday around 15h , via the travel agency Kribienne.

After taking an apartment in a hotel in the Elabe neighborhood, his partner showed a burning desire to cool off with salt water. "Before going to the beach, we first took a pot in a drinking establishment. My colleague and I ordered food. He just had a beer.

Suspicious Death Of A French Expatriate At The Beach In Kribi

Arrived at the beach at 16h, he was quick to dive into the water. We watched him swim. Then, we were distracted by the waves. By the time our eyes are on him again, he has disappeared ... ", says the Chief Warrant Officer, in a tried and tested voice.

Their lamentations will attract attention. François Khoumba, 18 years old and student at Ces de Mpalla and Clotus Memba, 16 years old, pupil in 4th class in the same school, who sharpened their nets at the beach for the evening fishing, throw themselves into the water at the search for the disappeared. "After about 45 minutes of searching with the canoe, we saw his body floating on the water off the sea; and we brought him back to the edge, "says one of the students.

Alerted, the central commissioner of Kribi, the public prosecutor, the brigade commander of Kribi 2, as well as the representative of the sub-prefect of this district will descend without delay on the scene of the tragedy. A forensic pathologist will be called and the body will be examined. The first deductions of the expert report a death by asphyxiation and not by drowning. Indeed, there was no water in the belly or the lungs, which is curious for a case of drowning.

An autopsy was suggested by the doctor to determine the exact cause of death and an investigation was opened. Born February 21, 1955 in Bordeaux, France, Bruno Herve Charles Gerard was a retired ambulance.