The lifeless body of the restaurateur who disappeared during the night from Saturday to Sunday in Tournai was found shortly before noon in the Scheldt in Tournai, the Tournai-Mons prosecutor’s office said on Monday. The circumstances of the death are unknown. The case was put under investigation in Tournai.
The Picardy Wallonia emergency services were alerted on Monday, around 11:35 a.m., that a body was floating in the waters of the Scheldt near rue de l’Écluse in Tournai. The body was located between the railway bridge and the Kain lock, near the old Casterman printing works. A pumper, a boat and a logistics vehicle were deployed on site. Divers from the Tournai fire brigade carried out the recovery of the body. “The lifeless body is indeed that of Cathy Dubois whose disappearance was reported on Sunday“, confirmed Mr. Volante, the king’s substitute who was in charge of the file on Sunday. “The causes of death are currently unknown. The case was put under investigation in Tournai before Judge Ms. Dierick. The investigating judge, the deputy on duty for the public prosecutor’s office and the laboratory of the federal judicial police of Tournai must go to the site this afternoon to try to determine the causes of death“, further specifies the magistrate.
Suicide, accident or aggression, all hypotheses are indeed possible. We are now awaiting the results of the assessments carried out by the investigators. Cathy Dubois, 47 years old and owner of the restaurant “A little desire” located in Ruelle d’Ennetierres, in the heart of Tournai, had disappeared after closing his establishment on Saturday evening, shortly after 11:30 p.m. His car was found vandalized on Sunday morning behind Tournai station.
