India, July 22 -- Daniel Siad, a French professional model recruiter who for more than ten years facilitated meetings between the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and numerous models, was discovered deceased in his residence near Paris on Monday.

Siad's name was mentioned numerous times in the Epstein files made public by the US government. He had earlier refuted any awareness of the danger that Epstein represented.

Daniel Siad's remains were located in his home in Colombes, a suburb of the French capital, as confirmed by Marie-Celine Lawrysz, deputy public prosecutor at the Nanterre Judicial Court, in a statement to CNN on Wednesday.

"An investigation to determine the cause of death was opened on Monday evening following the discover...