A GHOST hunter was found dead in an abandoned churchyard in alleged “human sacrifice” murder.
Auriane Nathalie Laisne’s blood-drained body was discovered in Italy‘s Aosta Valley over the weekend.
A hiker stumbled upon her decomposing corpse on April 6, and it is thought the victim had been killed between 26 and 27 March.
Her clothes were drenched in blood, and police told CNN that some of the blood at the site had been scraped off the floor and removed.
Laisne suffered multiple stab wounds to her neck and stomach, as well as gunshots to her neck and body that may have been inflicted after her death, autopsy reveals.
Cops say there was no indication of struggle.
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She was searching for a haunted house as part of a ghost hunting competition, cops fear.
A police spokesperson told CNN that the victim had informed family members of her plans before leaving her hometown of Saint-Priest, near Lyon.
Laisne was found without documents or a mobile phone – with only a pack of pink marshmallows and some groceries from a local store by her side.
She had been wearing beige leggings, sweatshirt and a long dark coat.
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The victim’s family is said to have travelled to Italy to identify her body.
The cops are also probing theory of a “consented murder” or a sacrifice.
A witness reported seeing Laisne with a young man dressed “like vampires” in the days leading up to her death.
She appeared pale and “emaciated” and looked like a “walking corpse”.
The man – later identified as Teima Sohaib – was described as having olive skin and dark curls.
Cops launched a manhunt for the 21-year-old Italian man and shortly apprehended him in Lyon on suspicion of murder.
Sohaib had crossed the border to France through the Mont Blanc Tunnel shortly after the woman’s death.
He had been wanted in France since the end of March for “violation of the judicial control” over reported violence against the victim.
The two had been in a long-distance relationship, but Sohaib was banned from approaching Laisne, reported La Republica.
The Grenoble prosecutor, Eric Vaillant, wrote: ” He had been placed under judicial control on 13 January following the complaint of domestic violence and threats.
“In accordance with the prosecution’s requests, the judge had notified him of the ban on coming into contact with the victim.”
The prosecutor’s office has supported the theory of premeditated murder, reported Skytg24.
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The chief prosecutor of Aosta, Luca Ceccanti, told reporters during press-conference: “It was not a case of rapture, jealousy or passion.
“It is a classic femicide which was determined by a motive of possession and the annulment of the victim’s will.”
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