Disappearance of Émile: “Secret” information leaked by mistake, the parents’ lawyer forced to intervene

She did not think she was crossing the line by speaking to BFMTV. And yet. On January 18, 2024, an octogenarian who “gets along well with Emile’s grandparents” – missing since July 8, 2023 – was questioned by the gendarmes of Seyne-les-Alpes… then testified in front of the cameras, completely traumatized by this interview lasting more than four hours.

Disappearance of Emile, a close relative of the grandparents in tears

This resident of Vernet simply mentioned the “questions” and the “implied“that she was able to hear during this interrogation. Exit”exhausted, on the verge of a nervous breakdown“from the hearing room, she would have broken down when she returned to her vehicle.”I cried like a madeleine in my car. I am very angry with the police“, she explained before adding that Emile’s parents did not believe “not really in the theory of the accident, but more in that of the kidnapping“.

It was an unintentional mistake but a mistake nonetheless. This “secret theory“could actually have consequences on the rest of the case. Me Jérôme Triomphe, the lawyer who deals with Marie and Colomban S., effectively refuted these remarks and wished not to “make no comments during the instruction“, as reported by AFP.

Disappearance of Emile, a technical investigation

“The investigation is still very active, it is not slipping, only it has taken another form, more technical, since the field investigation did not make it possible to determine why and how the child had disappeared“, specifies the prosecutor. And indeed. The soldiers analyze 1,600 mobile phones which were limited to Haut-Vernet on July 8, 2023 and must check 50,000 photos taken by the cameras of the toll booths in the surrounding area. We know, however, that the weather conditions, due to the natural change of season, could have positive consequences on research.