Disappearance of Émile: “the investigation took another form” explains the prosecution when the child has not been found for six months

The investigation takes a “different form” according to the prosecution. BFMTV screenshot

It's been six months since little Émile disappeared in Haut-Vernet in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Although he remains untraceable, the Aix-en-Provence public prosecutor's office indicated this Monday, January 8, 2024 that investigations are continuing.

Since July 8, 2023, an important system has been put in place to find the child, who disappeared around 5:30 p.m. in the village of Haut-Vernet, a small town located in the Alps- from-Haute-Provence. Six months after his disappearance, the Aix-en-Provence prosecutor's office told AFP quoted by France Bleu this Monday, January 8 that the investigation is still very active.

"Another form"

The mystery remains unsolved and investigations continue to try to find out the truth about this tragedy which shook up the summer of 2023.

The investigation is not slipping, only it has taken another, more technical form, since the field investigation did not make it possible to determine why and how the child had disappeared, explained the public prosecutor of Aix-en-Provence, Jean-Luc Blachon.

Concretely, the analysis of "all'all the elements collected" is one of the priorities of gendarmerie investigators. In their viewfinder, the multiple digital and telephone data of all the people who were in the area of ​​the disappearance, added the prosecution, cited by Le Monde.

The hypotheses

On August 21, 2023, the investigation took a new turn when it opened for "kidnapping and sequestration." From that moment on, the gendarmes focused on the hypothesis of a possible kidnapping. Six months later, the mystery still remains intact.

"It's definitely not someone from the village, that's for sure. I'm sure of it. I don't even have a doubt that someone could have done such a thing. had confided François Balique, mayor of Vernet, in a documentary by France 2 broadcast at 1:15 p.m. on the channel Saturday November 18, 2023.

New research could be launched to fly over the area again with a helicopter, as soon as the snow has melted, according toFrance info.

"I can't wait for us to know what happened, concluded the mayor of Vernet at the end of his interview on France 2. It would free us. It would remove this weight that weighs on minds and hearts.