The investigation is continuing. Since July 8, 2023, little Emile, 2, has not been found. After unsuccessful searches, the mystery remains. In Vernet, a village where the little boy vanished, the inhabitants live to the rhythm of the hearings. If before, they were heard within the hamlet, now, it is at the Seyne police station that the interviews take place. “Émile disappeared on Saturday, they asked me for my schedule until the following Monday. However, I was not at Vernet on the day of the disappearance”testified in particular by one of the inhabitants of BFM TVin an article published on Saturday, September 2, 2023. “Every time we give a new name, they were researching that person […] My audition lasted almost three hours”he continues.
The investigators “also take the pulse of the village, the hamlet”
Since mid-July, residents are asked about their schedule but also on more private aspects of their lives. “They asked me where I was born, my activities, my passions, and also if I had seen a suspicious car or people that week.“, completes this same inhabitant. “They check the timetables and make the statements stick together to see if versions diverge. They also take the pulse of the village, the hamlet”, already described a witness to BFM DICI, on August 28, 2023. Thus, the investigators are now part of the landscape. As proof, life at Vernet has gradually regained its calm. However, the presence of the gendarmes but also of some curious people arouses concern among the inhabitants. “We know almost nothing, which is normal for the smooth running of this exceptional investigation. What we do know is that the research section often clears doubts”confided an executive of the national gendarmerie. The police also have to deal with the presence of mediums, who think they know where little Emile is.. But this situation does not help the investigators. “There are many mediums, clairvoyants and other followers of esotericism”lamented the policeman.