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11 January, 2034

CHARLEMAGNE  BAUDELAIRE:



MURDERED? 

(ODUBA, ROXANE)

In late July of 2033, reports of business tycoon Charlemagne Baudelaire's death began circulating among the wizarding communities. Baudelaire, the Chief Executive Officer of Baudelaire Corporations, was found washed up in the coast of Weymouth, Dorset. It had been presumed that Baudelaire, who had been there on a fishing trip with some business colleagues, had fallen from his boat into the sea, whilst isolated from the rest of the group. According to reports from the group who had been with him, they had not realised where he had been, and thus it was 'too late' when they found he was missing.

However, a recent post-mortem report from St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries is showing a strikingly contrasting version of events. The coroner's report states that rather than drowning, the cause of death was in fact, more closely linked to traces of poison found in Charlemagne Baudelaire's body. The report stated that the poison found in the bloodstream was an ancient poultice, known to cause paralysis in the body before numbing and killing it's victim. The coroner announced that Baudelaire, after having ingested the poison, would have felt it's effect hours later whilst on the boat, before it took full effect, and thus resulting in his falling from the vessel to his demise.

No official reports from the Auror Office or the Baudelaire Family have been released as of yet, however sources speculate the three main suspects for the murder are the victim's wife Celine, his sister Olympé and his brother Cyril. The Baudelaire Family Lawyer, Aretha Harkness has said to a Prophet Employee that "[her] clients will not be addressing any media forms until there is any valid reason or cause to do so".