Airbnb nightmare comes true when renters find dead body on property

An Airbnb rental. — (Image credit: Twitter.com/NBCInvestigations)

It sounds like the perfect Airbnb rental — a 19th century charmer in suburban Paris, sitting at the edge of a forest and boasting seven bedrooms and a swimming pool. There's just one major flaw: The decomposing body in the garden.

Bertrand Daillie, the deputy prosecutor for the suburb, Èvry, told The Associated Press a group of young people rented the house in Palaiseau over the weekend, and found a woman's body near the edge of the property; she had been covered with tree branches, and purposely placed there. French investigators are looking into her death, and Daillie told France Bleu radio that while the renters will be questioned, they only rented the property for the weekend. On Sunday night, the $435-per-night listing was taken off of Airbnb.

The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Explore More

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.