Missing woman, 31, found dead in French village near spot where Brit mum was murdered in horror stabbing just weeks ago
The body of Floriane Roux, 31, has been found in Paunat, south-west France, exactly a week after she was reported missing.
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The body of Floriane Roux, 31, has been discovered a week after she went missing
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Karen Carter was murdered in the same small village
Her body was discovered by a police dog in undergrowth less than five miles from Trémolot, where Karen was stabbed.
The 65-year-old Brit mum of four was subjected to a frenzied knife attack outside her home on April 29 in a crime is yet to be solved.
Her murder has sparked a range of theories - including that it was a professional ordered by someone with a grudge against her.
Florian, who was French, had been planning a night out with friends, when she disappeared.
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Her body was found close to her Vauxhall Corsa.
An investigating source said on Wednesday: "The body of Floriane Roux was found on Monday, at 4pm.
"It was in a small shelter, hidden by tall grass and plants and not far from her vehicle, next to the Dordogne River."
The body was found by a dog, who was one of seven involved in a search organised by gendarmes from Bergerac, they added.
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A doctor pronounced Florian dead at the scene, before police removed her body.
Neither the circumstances nor cause of Floriane's death are yet known, and no theory – including the possibility of suicide – is being ruled out, said the source.
According to her her family, Floriane was supposed to meet a friend for the evening on July 23, but the friend claims not to have seen her.
An investigation was opened last week by the Bergerac prosecutor's office into a "'disturbing disappearance."
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Those questioned by police included Florian's boyfriend, whom she lived with in Montanceix, near Saint-Astier.
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