Death of Antoine de Massy in Monaco, investigations continue: one suspect

The death of Antoine de Massy, ​​second cousin of Prince Albert II, is a mystery in the Principality of Monaco. The 29-year-old's body was found on Sunday in a park in Munich, in the Larvotto district. A man, who allegedly came into contact with the victim while the latter was on boulevard du Larvotto, was placed in custody on Monday, after the analysis of images recorded by a video surveillance system. He is accused of manslaughter and hit-and-run. Accusations confirmed by the Attorney General of Monaco, Stèphane Thibault: "A judicial investigation has been opened, entrusted to an investigating judge, to continue the investigations into the facts, configured as manslaughter and failure to provide assistance", he said. But there are still some unclear points regarding the exact dynamics of the facts.

The body of the son of Baron Christian de Massy and Cècile Gelabale was found near a green area that runs along Boulevard du Larvotto. His absence at a Sunday lunch had caused concern in the family, who raised the alarm, leading the police to find him on Sunday afternoon. "It would appear that the death was caused by a fall of 13 metres, below the green area," the attorney general explained to 'Monaco-Matin'. De Massy could have fallen from this space along boulevard du Larvotto towards the green area below. The autopsy, performed on Tuesday, could confirm this. Furthermore, investigators did not yet have the results of the toxicological tests carried out on the victim. The judicial investigation continues to determine, as Thibault specified, "the exact dynamics of the facts that led to the fall of Antoine de Massy, ​​making use - in addition to the interrogation of the suspect - of analyzes and technical investigations". "The suspect, a 42-year-old Ukrainian citizen who has lived in Munich for thirty years, denied the facts during his arrest," the attorney general said. "He appeared before the judge but, for the moment, he chose not to answer the questions; the magistrate entered him in the register of suspects for failure to help and manslaughter - relating to episodes that may have occurred at different times - and ordered his precautionary custody".