Missing French Toddler: Residents of Le Vernet no longer believe in a 'happy ending' for Émile

Updated on July 20, 2023 at 10:05 AM

Eleven days after the disappearance of little Émile, the toddler is still missing. While a judicial inquiry was opened on Tuesday, July 18, the residents of Le Vernet are not very optimistic.

Inhabitants of little Emile's town no longer believe the police will find him alive

Where has little Émile gone? Since late afternoon on Saturday July 8, the two-and-a-half-year-old has been missing. A major search operation has been deployed in the village of Le Vernet, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region of France. A judicial investigation was opened on Tuesday July 18, 2023, but villagers remain cautiously optimistic...

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Émile's disappearance: Residents no longer believe in it

Accident, murder, kidnapping... At this stage, investigators do not wish to favour or rule out any particular lead. According to BFMTV, several investigations were carried out in the Vernet area over the weekend. According to a source close to the case, several hypotheses are being put forward: the accidental lead, the criminal lead with the intervention of a third party (abduction, accident), the family lead, but also the animal lead, notably with a possible bird abduction...

While new resources are being put in place by the investigators, and a judicial inquiry was opened yesterday, Tuesday July 18, the residents of Le Vernet have little hope. For them, it doesn't change much. 'Few inhabitants are optimistic,' report BFMTV journalists who were present in the small village in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region.

Few still believe in a happy outcome, or even in the possibility of finding any trace of the two-and-a-half-year-old boy.

‼️#AppelàTémoins lancé après la disparition à #Vernet samedi 8 Juillet du petit #Émile 2 ans ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Z7JExQJKxB
— Gendarmerie nationale (@Gendarmerie) July 9, 2023

An e-mail address to contact if you have any information

As a reminder, an appeal for witnesses was launched on Saturday, July 8. The child has brown eyes, blond hair, is 90 centimetres tall and is wearing a yellow top, white shorts with a green motif and hiking boots.

If you have any information concerning the disappearance, you can always provide useful information to the investigation via the following e-mail address: disparitionemile04@gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr.

This article has been translated from Oh!MyMag FR.

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Gendarmerie

BFMTV: ÉMILE: LES VILLAGEOIS DU VERNET PEU OPTIMISTES, MALGRÉ L'OUVERTURE D'UNE INFORMATION JUDICIAIRE