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Death of little Émile: “Summer temperatures can have an influence on dogs’ sense of smell”, specifies a retiree from the gendarmerie dog brigade
The public prosecutor spoke on Tuesday, April 2, after the discovery of bones belonging to Émile. Guest of 19/20 info, Martial Villain, retired from the gendarmerie dog brigade, gave more details on the search conditions for the dogs at the time of the little boy’s disappearance.
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The public prosecutor spoke on Tuesday, April 2, after the discovery of bones belonging to Émile. Guest of 19/20 info, Martial Villain, retired from the gendarmerie dog brigade, gave more details on the search conditions for the dogs at the time of the boy’s disappearance.
Nearly nine months after his disappearance, bones of little Émile were found near Haut-Vernet (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). Tuesday April 2, the public prosecutor of Aix-en-Provence returned in detail to the procedure followed by the various law enforcement bodies. He did not rule out the alteration of the search dogs’ abilities due to the heat. “Summer temperatures can have an influence on dogs’ sense of smell. The higher the temperature, the more odors will be lost”explains Martial Villain, retired from the gendarmerie dog brigade, Tuesday April 2 in 19/20 info.
A track subject to several factors
Thus, the hypothesis according to which the investigators could have missed the body of the little boy in the hours and days which followed “is one of the tracks“, affirms Martial Villain. And for good reason, a dog could not follow “only an odor that remains residual”submissive “temperatures, atmospheric conditions and times”.
