But where has Émile gone? More than seven months after the disappearance of the 2-year-old boy, the investigation continues and “in the long term of technical analyses”, in the words of the Aix-en-Provence prosecutor, Jean-Luc Blachon. What happened in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, more precisely in Haut-Vernet, on July 8? Auditions continue in recent weeks and several residents of the village have been heardas reported The New Detective. The media specializing in news items mentions in particular the testimony of a trader from the town who answered questions from BFM DICI after his hearing. The exchange which lasted a little less than two hours between him and the investigators would have “fine”. “The police wanted to know why my name came up”explained the one who had “the impression that they are at level 0 of the investigation”.
“Investigators ? I feel like they don’t know muchotherwise, I would not have been questioned like others in recent days”estimates the merchant who has his own idea about Émile. “My conviction for a long time is that he is still up there”launched the resident of Vernet. “Not many people talk about this story anymore, except a few”, he then regretted to BFM. This meeting was “much shorter than for the others”, he assured. Because he is not the only one to have been heard.
Auditions continue to try to find Émile
The New Detective reports that also, on February 13, a friend of Emile’s family was questioned by “seasoned gendarmes from Marseille”. “I clearly understood that what interested them was my friendship with this family”, explained the owner of a second home in Haut-Vernet. According to BFM DICI, a resident of the village where Émile mysteriously disappeared last July was to be heard this Tuesday, February 20. A month earlier, on January 23, “near a stream” du Vernet, a hiker discovered bones. “The heart raced, it’s true”, a soldier admitted to the local media. Too early an outburst, because they were in fact animal bones according to the Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie (IRCGN).
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