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Thank you, see you later.

Excuse me, Madame...

Hello.

I'm here to see Officer Caron.

- Your name?

- Mrs. Drillon.

The last room to the left.

Thank you.

What you are about to hear

is very difficult.

You can stop us at any time.

No, I want to know everything.

According to my autopsy

the day after we recovered the body,

it seems your husband

drowned by simple submersion,

a drowning where the lungs

fill with water,

undoubtedly caused

by a strong undertow,

and the resulting muscle fatigue

as he tried to fight it.

As you can imagine,

we were unable to identify

the body from the photos

you gave us.

The body was submerged

for too long.

It is in a state

of advanced putrefaction.

Meaning?

Putrefaction causes

the skin to turn greenish,

and the body and head

of the cadaver to swell.

The process accelerates

when the body is exposed to air

after having been submerged

in water, as in this case.

Morphological identification

is thus impossible.

The test confirms

a genetic link between the body

and your mother-in-law,

Suzanne Drillon.

As for the odontological tests,

it appears that

the x-rays we've taken match up

with the dental records

provided by his dentist.

However, because your husband

has never had any fractured bones,

we can't draw any conclusions

from the state of the skeleton.

We also have the material evidence

you described:

The blue trunks and the watch.

They are in good condition

and should be easy to identify.

We'll show them to you.

No.

What's wrong?

You don't want to see them?

I do.

But I want to see the body first.

As I already explained to you,

we can't really call it

a body at this point.

The cadaver is partially mutilated,

and seeing such a sight

could be extremely traumatic

for you.

I'm perfectly capable

of handling it.

Are you sure?

It's very important for me.

Shall I just show you part

of the body?

No, I want to see all of it.

May I close it?

These are the trunks.

Do you recognize them?

I think they were blue, like these.

And the watch?

Is something wrong?

Not at all! This isn't his watch.

What do you mean?

It perfectly fits the description

you gave us.

But this isn't it.

I should know, I bought it for him.

Please, take a closer look.

I'm sure it isn't this one.

It's not Jean.

You just identified his trunks.

I'm his wife,

and I'm telling you it isn't him.

Adaptation:
Sionann O'Neill

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