Missing French toddler: The real reason why the police isn't releasing new information revealed
As the investigation into the disappearance of little Émile stalls, the courts have decided to stop communicating about the case. Here is the real reason why.
Little Émile has been missing for over a month now. On 8 July, the 2-and-a-half-year-old boy vanished from his grandparents' garden in the hamlet of Haut-Vernet, in the south of France. Despite numerous searches and investigative leads over the last few weeks, the child has still not been found, and the mystery remains.
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The boy's family is filing a civil lawsuit
While the parents' profile has been studied, new information has been released by the courts. According to BFM DICI, confirmed by a source at the Aix-en-Provence public prosecutor's office, Émile's family have joined the civil action, and have requested access to the file on the boy's disappearance. As a reminder, a judicial investigation was opened on 18 July by Rémy Avon, the public prosecutor in Digne-les-Bains.
More under this adMore under this adAlthough the case has received a great deal of media coverage since the child's disappearance, the court immediately made a decision. It decided not to communicate with the media about the investigation, in order to allow the investigators to work and make progress on the case. The Aix-en-Provence investigation centre told BFMTVAlpes:
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They now have access to the investigation file
Twenty-five investigators have been mobilised to find little Émile, who has been missing for almost a month. Police officers have been tasked with analysing the 1,600 telephone landmarks recorded by the base stations near Le Vernet, checking the 1,400 declarations received on the telephone line opened after the child's disappearance, and also checking the 50,000 photos of nearby toll booths. They have also resorted to the use of drones and cadaver dogs.
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This article has been translated from Oh!MyMag FR.
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