“Many testimonies” show that his grandfather “was someone extremely violent,” says journalist Ixchel Delaporte

The past of Emile’s grandfather, this little boy who disappeared in July 2023, returns to the news. An article from Chained Duck looks back on his links, in the 90s, with the traditionalist community of Riaumont, in Pas-de-Calais. The grandfather is cited in a case of violence against minors, as an assisted witness. Documentary journalist Ixchel Delaporte published the investigative book in 2022 The Martyred Children of Riaumont (Editions du Rouergue) about the fundamentalist boarding school of Saint-Jean Bosco, which welcomed minor boys.

Guest of 12/13 info, Thursday March 21, Ixchel Delaporte affirms that“There are many testimonies which show that he was someone extremely violent, that he was someone who easily hit children”. “It’s a context, because the Riaumont home is a place where, in fact, children were beaten”, she adds. However, no link is established between Emile’s disappearance and the investigation into the traditionalist community of Riaumont and its boarding school. The grandfather also denies the accusations against him.

The investigation into the disappearance continues

Meanwhile, the gendarmes continue their investigations to find Emile. A simulation will take place on March 28. “This scenario is above all to bring coherence into a written file for a concrete illustration in the field, by removing from the file elements linked to testimonies, expert opinions, expert feedback both technical and scientists, to understand in a situation what could have happened and how what could have happened.”explains Marc Rollang, gendarmerie captain and spokesperson for the Gendarmes and Citizens association.