“I happened to see some”, this forgotten hypothesis is more and more probable

After more than nine months of mystery, the body of little Émile, two and a half years old, who disappeared on July 8 while he was with his grandparents in a small hamlet called Haut-Vernet, was finally found by a hiker on March 30, 2024. A terrible discovery which comes after several months of fruitless research despite the implementation of significant resources. While the hiker, a woman in her sixties living in the hamlet, immediately thought of this terrible affair when she discovered this small skull, the experts finally confirmed that it was indeed the Boy.

A few days later, the child’s clothes and additional bones were discovered by investigators just a 25-minute walk from the home of little Émile’s grandparents, an area that had already been searched. A failure for the police in charge of the disappearance of the little boy since they have the impression of having missed something. “ They don’t have morale and they blame themselves », then confirmed a senior officer of the gendarmerie in the columns of the magazine Marianne this Friday April 12, 2024. An edition in which the mayor of the city also spoke about what he thinks of this whole affair.

Death of Émile: a forgotten hypothesis is gaining more and more importance

While the end of the research in the commune of Haut-Vernet was announced by the public prosecutor and the village is once again open to foreigners, it is now a long-term task which is being undertaken by criminology experts. and anthropologists. Indeed, none of the discoveries has yet made it possible to confirm the circumstances in which little Émile died. If the prosecutor had indicated that no hypothesis was favored, that of the accident begins to stand out from the rest.

However, a crazy lead that had been dismissed from the start of the investigation comes back to the forefront. It’s in the columns of the magazine Marianne that the mayor of the town, François Balique, mentioned it again, indicating that it could easily explain this affair as well as the failure of the research which had been undertaken until now. That of the animal attack and more particularly that of a wolf. He confirms to support his hypothesis: “There are some here, especially in summer with herds, including lone wolves“. What a local hunter confirms: “Our department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is one of those where the recorded population of wolves is the largest. I happened to see some. At the beginning of September again, the louveterie lieutenant took a few, following attacks on cows and sheep, near the Vernet mountain, a few kilometers away.»

Death of Émile: a possible wolf attack?

It is always in Marianne’s columns that a dog behaviorist trainer provided his analysis: “If there is no one around, a wolf can very well grab a child at the village fountain and run for half an hour without stopping, without releasing its pressure and without turning blood.“. A thesis which, even if it is highly probable as indicated by the village mayor, is unfortunately not shared by everyone. It is near theFigarothat a hunter, Stéphane Chevrier, gave his opinion: “Attack, I don’t think so. In any case, not to kill. I’m not an expert in the field, but this seems out of the question to me. On the other hand, it is possible for a wolf to feed on a corpse and move it.»

So if the public prosecutor had affirmed that the skull of the child found could have been touched by animals by indicating that it was there “post-mortem cracks“, of the “small fractures” And “bite marks“, the question of the circumstances of the little boy’s death remains a mystery for the moment.

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