Birthday revellers finds decomposing body in Airbnb garden
A PARTY was dramatically cut short after a decomposing body was found in the garden of an Airbnb home a group of friends had rented for the weekend.
The woman's body was found on Saturday afternoon at the bottom of a steep bank at the end of the garden of a three-storey premises in Palaiseau, 10 miles south of Paris.
Police said the body was covered with branches and logs in a shallow grave, curled up with clothes on, a ring with a large stone on her finger but no shoes.
They are treating the woman's death as murder and officers are still attempting to find out who she was as she had nothing on her.
A judicial source said: "The state of the body, which was in an advanced stage of decomposition, did not enable investigators to determine the cause of death."
Authorities from the prosecutor's office said "all the signs suggest that this was a criminal act."
The group was due to host a 25th birthday party on Saturday night after renting it from online home rental website, Airbnb, but cancelled it after finding the body and were questioned by police on Sunday.
A spokesman from Airbnb, said: "We have offered our assistance to the police and will help them with their investigation in any way we can.
"We have reached out to the host and guests and will provide all necessary support.
"Over 80 million people have travelled on Airbnb and problems for hosts and guests are extremely rare."
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Paris is the world's most popular city for Airbnb, with more than 40,000 active listings.
There was no immediate information about who the Palaiseau property belongs to.