A MAN was found dead surrounded by sex toys and gadgets with his legs tied, prompting police in northern France to open an investigation.
Described as a 43-year-old IT executive, the man was discovered in his bedroom after a colleague signalled his disappearance after he failed to give any news and did not return to work.
When firefighters entered the flat located in Courbevoie, they found the man naked on his bed with a plastic bag on his head and his legs hog-tied, surrounded by sex toys, Le Parisien reported.
Police was immediately called to the scene on rue Lambrechts.
According to reports, the apartment was in shocking condition when emergency services stepped in.
The deputy public prosecutor of Nanterre has opened an investigation into the circumstances of the man's death on Friday afternoon.
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"According to initial findings, the victim's body bore no traces of blows," a source close to the case is quoted as saying by Le Parisien.
The newspaper stated it does not appear to have been a struggle inside the flat, and the apartment showed no signs of a break-in.
"According to our information, the door to the accommodation, when the emergency services arrived, was firmly closed but not locked."
Adding: "For the moment, nothing in this case indicates that there was the intervention of a third party."
Many questions remain regarding the tragic incident and no hypothesis has been ruled out: an ‘erotic asphyxiation’ sex game with a partner gone wrong, a suicide or an accidental autoerotic asphyxiation.
The police in charge of the investigations are awaiting the results of the autopsy of the body and the toxicological examinations.
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