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Death of little Émile in Le Vernet: the testimony of the hiker who found his body
An expert report must be delivered in the coming days, following the discovery, at the end of March, of little Émile’s skull. Meet the woman who found his bones while hiking.
(FRANCE 2)
An expert report must be delivered in the coming days, following the discovery, at the end of March, of little Émile’s skull. Meet the woman who found his bones while hiking.
It is on a trail located on the heights of the commune of Vernet (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) that Sadia hikes regularly. On March 30, 2024, she discovered during a walk a “little ball“, A “skull, all white“.”And it’s centered, right in the middle. I said to myself: oh, it’s little Émile”, she says. This is the first bone found of little Émile. The two and a half year old child has been missing since July 8, 2023.
The 62-year-old hiker then decides “to take a small bag”careful not to put her prints on the skull, which she wraps. She slips it into her backpack and brings it back with her to the police station. The piece of skull was found more than a kilometer and a half from the hamlet of Haut-Vernet. After Émile was identified, the gendarmerie carried out further research. In the following days, new bones and clothing were found.
Genetic analyzes are now complete. A report was submitted to the investigating judge at the Aix-en-Provence criminal center (Bouches-du-Rhône).