Three days after the disappearance of Émile, who was placed under the supervision of his grandparents, the investigation is at a standstill. Many wonder about the fact that no kidnapping alert has been triggered to try to find the young boy.
A new disappearance worries the authorities and moves the whole of France. While Thomas Le Goff and Gabrielle Barreau remain untraceable, we have still no sign of young Émile’s life, three days after his disappearance in the small village of Vernet which is located in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. The boy aged only two years was placed under the supervision of his grandparents, who were busy loading their vehicle with the intention of going on an excursion with their grandson. But Émile suddenly disappeared on Saturday July 8, and since then only two neighbors have seen him alone in the streets of Vernet.
If the track of the runaway is for the moment favored by the mayor of the commune, it seems that the authorities are of the same opinion. That is why no kidnapping alert has been triggered, although a call for witnesses is currently being issued by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence prefecture. How to explain it? The public prosecutor of Digne-les-Bains who is in charge of the file affirms that all the “administrative criteria for using the kidnapping alert system are not met”.
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What criteria to trigger the kidnapping alert?
Asked by news.frthe latter explains that an investigation has been opened for “disturbing disappearance”. And if all the tracks converged to fear a kidnapping, then an investigation would have been opened for “kidnapping and sequestration”. For an abduction alert to be launched, four very specific criteria must be met. To start theage of the missing person : she must be underage. Which is the case with Emile. Just as his “life“ or his “physical integrity“ must be “in danger“.
On this point, several psychologists have already given their opinion to BFM TV. “Children do not have the same perception of danger. A stream may seem attractive to them, when there is current” considers, for example, Laure Westphal. For the profiler David Corona, Émile will not “not being able to go very far on your own”. “The problem is that he has poor motor skills so if he falls in a place where he has trouble getting out, he is going to have trouble finding his way back” he explains. Among the four other criteria required for triggering an abduction alert, the Ministry of Justice reminds news.fr that “the abduction must be proven“which is not the case according to the information provided to date, and finally the prosecutor must “have information whose dissemination may allow the location of the child and/or his abductor“.
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The scope of research is extended
The perimeter has just been extended by the investigators, whereas it had initially been fixed at five kilometers in diameter around the house of Emile’s grandparents. The public prosecutor of Digne-les-Bains confirms that there is currently no “new elements likely to explain the disappearance of little Emile” despite of “numerous witness hearings” and the excavation of all the houses of Vernet. Remy Avon also announces that “The site will be closed to anyone from outside the town” from this Tuesday, July 11, and that “all assumptions remain valid“. “None is privileged and none is excluded” he says (francetv.info).
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