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Nearly ten days after the disappearance of little Émile, the investigation was entrusted to investigating judges. The prosecutor explains that the complexity of the case justifies the opening of a judicial investigation.
Ten days after Émile’s disappearance, the village of Haut-Vernet (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) is still cordoned off, and still no trace of the child. Two investigating judges will now continue the investigation, which began on July 8. According to his grandparents, that afternoon, Émile got ready around 5 p.m. with them for a walk. While loading the vehicle, the child escaped their vigilance. 15 minutes later, two residents said they saw the toddler walking on a path, about 20 meters from the family home.
Did the child get into a vehicle?
The grandparents reported her missing at 6 p.m. A search device was launched less than an hour later. 12 hectares of land were meticulously raked, in vain. The investigation then narrowed around the small hamlet of Haut-Vernet, where Émile was last seen.
The dogs spotted his tracks in two places, within a radius of 20 meters around the house, then nothing. “It may mean that at that time the child got into a vehicle”, indicates General Jacques-Charles Fombonne, former director of the National Training Center for the Judicial Police. For the prosecutor, no track is excluded or privileged.