After the discovery of the skull of little Émile, who disappeared in Haut-Vernet, the prosecutor took stock of what the first analyzes revealed.
On July 8, 2023, little Émile, 2 years old, disappeared in Haut-Vernet in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. This Saturday March 30, 2024, his skull was found by a hiker. This discovery immediately raised many questions. Why did the woman choose to take the skull with her? Is this linked to the reconstruction carried out by the investigators that same week (more precisely on Thursday March 28)?
Aix-en-Provence prosecutor Jean-Luc Blachon held a press conference this Tuesday, April 2, 2024 to give some answers. The affair deeply shocked the French, many identifying with parents and grandparents. The boy was on vacation with his loved ones and would have escaped the vigilance of his family, which can “happen to everyone”, and which reinforces identification with the loved ones of the missing person. Expectations were therefore high regarding these revelations.
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Disappearance of Émile: analyzes of the skull
Today at 6 p.m., the prosecutor revealed that the hiker had already passed the path on which she discovered the skull of little Émile a month earlier. Then he said more about the first analyzes of the skull. Were observed small post-mortem fractures and cracks. On the contrary, no antemortem trauma was not discovered. Analyzes revealed bite marks on the little boy’s skull, caused by animals. The maxilla is missing but it is unknown whether this happened naturally or by the force of traction.
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The bones were not buried. They have surely been exposed to weather variations and bad weather for a long time. But the most important thing is that the analyzes of the skull alone did not reveal the cause of death. “We cannot yet favor one hypothesis over another.”, affirmed Jean-Luc Blachon.
Where is the investigation in Haut-Vernet?
If the prosecutor regrets not being able to provide any more answers, a frustrating fact for the investigators and for the family, he explains that the investigation will therefore continue.with the same intensity”probably in search of the rest of the bones of little Émile, and “tomorrow on the ground”.
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We still don’t know if it was an accident or a murder. But the prosecutor refuses to make hasty conclusions. Journalists questioned him about why the hiker took the skull with her. She would have wanted “do well”. The latter saw the skull on the ground of a narrow forest path, which has a very steep slope on one side or the other. This is a very vegetated area in summer, which had not been searched by dogs, specifies the prosecutor.
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