Missing French toddler: Retired prosecutor gives his chilling theory on what happened to Émile

Updated on August 1, 2023 at 11:45 AM

In the columns of Var-Matin on 26 July, a former public prosecutor gave his opinion on the disappearance of little Émile.

Retired prosecutor gives his chilling theory on what happened to little Émile

Little Émile, aged 2, has been missing since 8 July, 2023. The search has resumed, but investigators are struggling to gather new information. This has prompted some people to come up with their own theories. In the pages of Var-Matin, former public prosecutor Jacques Dallest, now a retired honorary magistrate, spoke out on 26 July.

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The theory of an argument gone wrong

In his theory, this former magistrate potentially implicates a member of the missing boy's family.

Imagine that the little boy, who was alone outside his home [he was in his grandparents' garden when he vanished, editor's note] was caught by an adult who gave him a beating and that it ended badly.

Thus, the prosecutor believes the culprit disposed of the boy's body, explaining why the investigators have not been able to recover his remains yet.

You should never rule out a lead for good.

Vernet residents annoyed by search for little Emile

Despite all the theories put forward by the authorities and other observers, little Émile remains nowhere to be found. And all this hullabaloo is beginning to annoy the residents of Le Vernet. To find the little boy, several search devices have been put in place, and some of them seriously annoyed one of the villager, as she explained to Le Parisien.

The drone, at night, is infernal.

For several days, dogs trained to search for human remains have been arriving in the village.

At 5 o'clock, they were already there. They searched for I don't know how long at first, then nothing, and now they're searching again.

All leads are explored

The prosecutor explained that all leads are explored thoroughly by the investigators and judges, which is why it takes so long.

The investigating judges are working on every hypothesis. Some of them justify further investigations already underway, but with other tools and search methods. The current deployment of dogs and drones meets this need.

This article has been translated from Oh!MyMag FR.

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Var-matin: "Il ne faut jamais écarter une piste définitivement": on a interrogé un ancien procureur sur la disparition du petit Emile