| The statement of Alain Raisson, of the Paris fire department, the first French official to see Morrison's body. "This morning at 9.20am I went as commander of my unit to 17 rue Beautreillis, Paris 4th, the third floor, right hand side flat in answer to a report of 'asphyxiation'. When we reached the flat, the door was opened by young woman who could not speak French and who took us to the bathroom. In this room there was a man in the bath, completely naked and heavily built. His head was above the water, resting on the edge of the bath. the bath was full of water, slightly pink in colour and his right arm was resting on the side of the bath. the water was still lukewarm, as well as the body. Together with my men, I took the body out and laid it on the floor of the bedroom where I started giving heart massage but I immediately realised that the victim was dead and I had the body placed on the bed. (N.B.: When I went into the bathroom, there was some water on the floor beside the bathand the dressing gown of the person who opened the door to us was wet.) (N.B.: A little blood ran down from his right nostril when we laid the body on the floor.) (signed) Manchez, Jacques, (signed) Raisson, Alain. |
| THE DEATH OF JIM MORRISON |