Tribune de Genève, May 31st, 2011
There was a macabre discovery in Parc Geisendorf (near Rue de Lyon) this morning. Two Swiss women aged 34 and 37 respectively were found dead Tuesday, 31 May 2011 in the Geneva park. This information was first revealed by the daily “20 Minutes” and was confirmed by the Geneva police.
The police were alerted to the bodies by walkers. The principal witness who was met at the exit of the police station, told of being uneasy at seeing the two bodies in the park. “I called to them and got no response.” Faced with silence, this person immediately called for help.
Marisol Armun, a school-crossing guard of the neighborhood was surprised to hear the sirens. “At 8:50, a number of police cars drove up on the grass. The police cordoned off the area,” she explained. “They asked us to leave the vicinity. During this time, other police were running around everywhere, as if they were looking for suspects,” said Marisol Armuna.
As for Dagmar Dietry, she was, that morning, passing near the two young women while walking her dog, Puppy. “At 8am, I was walking in the park and I saw those two people dressed in black lying down on the grass. They were in plain view. There are often people who sleep here at night and I wasn’t worried about it,” she explained. Same for her return trip of her walk. “A half an hour later, they were still there. It wasn’t until I got back home – I live just opposite – and I heard the police arrive,” she recounted.
In addition, another witness interviewed by the police confirms “having seen a body the night before around 10:30 pm.”
Suspected Overdoses
The investigation is being led by the public minister who has ordered toxocological examinations in order to determine the causes of the deaths. The bodies of the two victims did not reveal any apparent wounds. “For the moment, foul play does not seem to be suspected, the involvement of a third person being excluded. The two victims were known drug users, “ the Geneva police specified and added that “an overdose has not been excluded up to this point.”
This morning, the usual persons who frequent the area spoke about all the problems of drug dealing and trafficking in Parc Geisendorf. The area schools located nearby also raise a number of issues. A grandmother spoke about her disquiet: “Day or night, I don’t dare walk here with my grandchildren. Too dangerous.”
(translated from the article in the Tribune de Genève)
