This Saturday, March 30, bones were found near the hamlet of Haut-Vernet, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, where little Émile had disappeared on July 8. Analyzes have proven that these bones really belong to the child.
Long and grueling research which is coming to an end. On July 8, little Émile, aged 2 and a half, disappeared in the hamlet of Haut-Vernet (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), where he was spending his vacation with his grandparents with his cousins. Two days after the organization of a reconstruction of his disappearance in the small village, bones were found near the site of his disappearance. A hiker found his skull and notified the police, reports BFMTV.
The Aix-en-Provence prosecutor, relayed byAFPannounced that these bones are indeed those of the little boy. “On March 30, 2024, the national gendarmerie was informed of the discovery of bones near the hamlet Vernet”he details in a press release. “The investigators took possession of the bones immediately transported to the IRCGN [Institut de recherche criminelle de la gendarmerie nationale]”, he continues. The subsequent analyzes made it possible to confirm “that these were the bones of the child Émile Soleil”.
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Little Émile has been wanted since July 2023
Despite the major means deployed and the hunts organized to find Émile, he remained untraceable for months, until this weekend. His parents also made numerous calls in the media. The research was particularly hampered by contradictory testimoniestwo people saying they saw Émile in two different places for the last time.
The investigation opened for disturbing disappearance, then for kidnapping and sequestration, had ended up stagnating. Over the months, several hypotheses had been raised, such as that of a road accident caused by two workers carrying out masonry work or by a young teenager driving at high speed with his tractor. The past of Émile’s family, in particular his grandfather, a traditionalist Catholic, had also fueled rumors.
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Analyzes of the bones continue
During the scenario, Thursday March 28, 17 people (including the little boy’s family, neighbors and visual witnesses) were summoned. Two other people were fined for trying to cross the area demarcated by the gendarmes for the reconstitution.
If we now know that Émile had a tragic end, it remains to be determined the circumstances of his death. In his press release, the prosecutor also announces that “the IRCGN continues forensic analyzes on the bones. The national gendarmerie will “deploy means to undertake additional research on the geographical area where they were found”.
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