Guests Airbnb shocked by decomposing corpse in the gar

The group had hoped to organize a house party south of Paris, but his plans were derailed by the grisly discovery

A group of friends rented a house on Airbnb for a weekend party in a French town an unpleasant surprise when they discovered the decomposing body of a woman in the garden.

"His body was found at the bottom of the property, leading to a forest," said a police source. is suspected of foul play.

The house in the city of Palaiseau, 17 km (10 m) south of Paris, was rented in the popular sharing website Airbnb house a group of friends who made the gruesome discovery on Saturday.

The woman's body was found "hunched over in a dug out, his head against the ground, covered with branches and stumps surrounded by wooden area," the source said.

She was dressed, but was not wearing shoes and had a "ring with a large stone" on her finger. No identification documents were found with the body.

advanced state of decomposition of the body meant it was not possible to determine the cause of death and an autopsy will be conducted.

Tenants were being questioned by police on Sunday.

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