“sheltered under a hood”, this is why the hiker has lived as a recluse since the discovery of the bones

In just two weeks, the case of Émile’s disappearance took an unexpected turn. Several discoveries and twists and turns allowed the investigation to advance considerably, to the point that the prosecution announced the end of the research. Indeed, several bones and clothes belonging to the little boy were found between Saturday March 30 and Wednesday April 9. Starting with its skull, seen by a hiker named Manon, who was walking in the forest not far from the hamlet of Haut-Vernet.

Since then, this young retiree aged around sixty has been talked about a lot. Many people particularly struggle to understand why she transported the child’s skull to the police station instead of leaving it there. After 10 days of silence, spoke to BFMTV and Parisian. She revealed the circumstances of this macabre discovery, before returning to the criticism she has been subjected to.

“I was criticized because I didn’t have a cell phone”

“I was criticized because I didn’t have a cell phone or a watch. I could never live with that. I don’t have anything to warn anyone when I’m going for a walk.”, she said, still visibly very marked by this episode. It was in particular the insulting messages published against her on social networks that affected her. “For the gendarmes to question me, to search my house, that’s normal. But not the hatred of strangers! It was a difficult time. Now I look ahead. I hope that the future will tell what might have happened.” she laments.

Because of these attacks, this resident of Vernet lives most of her time cloistered in her wooden house, out of sight. According to information from Parisian, she prefers to isolate herself and no longer even dares to leave her house. “She only sets foot outside when sheltered under a hood”revealed neighbors to our colleagues.

“It’s very hard, I cried”

Always with the ParisianManon remembered the exact place where she identified Emile’s bones, Saturday March 30. “A wooden sign indicates Haut-Vernet. It’s just afterwards, at a large conifer lying on the ground, that I see this tiny white skull”she remembers sadly. “Despite the size, I immediately realize that it’s not an animal. I think of Émile. It’s very hard, very sad. Yes, I cried”she admits.

The retiree also once again defended her action, even if it seems to have complicated the investigation. “If I had it [le crâne, NDLR] left there, what would have happened by the time it took to notify the police? Time to turn back, call them, let them come… Someone else could have taken him. Or the water flowing with the rain could have washed it away. So I did what seemed best to me.”she justifies herself, before ensuring that she has taken the necessary precautions: “I put it in plastic bags that I reserve to protect my feet from the cold and water, like mountaineers do”.

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