Six days of research and still no trace of little Emile. For the inhabitants of the region, this disappearance revives the wounds of a traumatic affair that occurred in 1989 and is still unsolved today.
Similarities that bring out a bad memory that marked an entire region. More than 30 years before the disappearance of Emile, whose trace has not been found since this Saturday, July 8, 2023, another little boy vanished into the wild without leaving a trace. As the investigation continues to try to find the trace of the two-and-a-half-year-old boy who disappeared six days ago in the commune of Haut-Vernet, the inhabitants of the region cannot help but think of this dark affair. occurred in 1989.
At the time, Yannis Moré, a 3-year-old boy vanished and has never been found since. The facts that occurred in Ganagobie, a village of about 90 inhabitants located about sixty kilometers south of Vernet, date back to May 2, 1989. At that time, Sylvie Belmonte was town clerk in this small town located in the same department as the hamlet where Emile disappeared. For her, the circumstances of this new disappearance revive the wounds of the past.
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A case that reminds another
“It brings back bad memories”entrusts to our colleagues from BFM TV the one who is now mayor of Ganagobie. The elected remembers how she welcomed at the time the gendarmes and the firefighters responsible for carrying out the search operations on the ground. Like the village of Haut-Vernet today, the municipality of Ganagobie is totally mobilized in the hope of finding little Yannis.
As our colleagues report, the latter disappeared while playing with his brothers near the family home. Despite the efforts undertaken to find traces of the child, he ultimately remains untraceable. The following year, clothes belonging to the little boy were found in a wooded area of the town. Impossible for the investigators to formally explain what happened. Thirty-four years after the events, the wound remains open for the inhabitants of the town.
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“It’s a real drama, we’re still talking about it”, continues the mayor who explains that he immediately sent a short message of support to his counterpart at Vernet after learning of recent events. “We think a lot of the family of little Émile as we think of the mother of little Yannis”, says Sylvie Belmonte. The mayor of Ganagobie remains hopeful that little Emile can be found in time, while being aware that the more time passes, the more the search becomes more complex.
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