The death of Èmile, the 2 and a half year old boy who disappeared in July 2023 in France, is shrouded in mystery. On Saturday 30 March, a hiker found human remains 2 kilometers from the village of Haut-Vernet, where the child had seemingly vanished into thin air, and subsequent investigations made it possible to establish that they belonged to the child. The police investigations are now continuing and will have to clarify the many questions about the death.
It remains shrouded in mystery death of the little one Èmilethe 2 and a half year old boy passed away in July 2023 in France. On Saturday, March 30, a hiker found some human remains 2 kilometers from the village of Haut-Vernet, where the child seemed to have vanished into thin air, and subsequent investigations made it possible to establish that they belong to the child.
His parentsimmediately after hearing the news, they issued a statement in which we read that “Émile watches over them in the light and tenderness of God”, while the mayor of the village Francois Balique he underlined that the area of the discovery is inaccessible to cars, and that it had already been thoroughly searched during previous searches.
At a distance of 9 months after the missing person was reported of the child, there are still many questions that investigators will have to answer. And the investigations have restarted and at the moment no leads have been ruled out on the causes and dynamics of Émile’s death who may have died in an accident or may have been killed.
Horror in France, remains of the 2-year-old boy who disappeared in July found: “Someone put the bones there”
What happened on the day of Émile’s disappearance: suspicions about the family
The child’s grandparents had called for help on July 8, 2023 after having him lost sight of while playing in their garden. Despite a great research effort and the mobilization of 800 volunteers for the research, Émile he had not been found.
Over the last nine months, the small village of Haut-Vernet and its 130 inhabitants have been immersed in a more than unusual atmosphere, where the shock of the loss of a child soon gave way to suspicious And tensions. In the days following Émile’s disappearance, in fact, the local police had questioned the residents of the small town.
Likewise, the silence of the family of the little one continues to raise questions. The child’s parents, Colomban, an engineer by profession, and Marie, a physiotherapist, were not in Le Vernet on 8 July, they had in fact remained in La Bouilladisse, near Marseille, where they lived.
Two days later the mother published a call for prayer on Facebook. The couple, very religious, immediately became the subject of all kinds of rumors and some even consider them suspicious.
Also the profile of grampa maternal he attracted the attention of the police because he was very close to Émile at the time of his disappearance. The 58-year-old man was a few meters away, busy loading the poles of a fence into his car, to then build a fence for horses.
Between 2014 and 2017 he was mentioned in a case of violence within a religious community for children, where he had the role of supervisor, abuse dating back to the 1990s. The man had admitted that he often punished the boys “a little harshly“.
Where the investigators are going and their investigations
Meanwhile, the area where the remains were found has been closed off to allow the police to carry out further search operations. In these hours, as reported by BFM TV, analyzes are underway on the skull discovered on Saturday which should allow us to ascertain the presence or absence of injuries that can provide information on the cause of death.
Even if the analysis of the bones and of these possible lesions will not be able to determine the date of death. Instead, the police are operating at the site of the discovery dog squad: “These are expert dogs that will be able to provide truly valuable help,” explained Colonel Pierre-Yves Bardy, commander of the group.
