According to “Le Parisien”, the home searched would be the property of a family of farmers who also own land near Haut-Vernet. The investigators are particularly interested in one of the family members, a young man known to the courts for minor offenses. Due to his tractor driving habits, considered by several residents of Vernet as risky, he was also suspected at the start of the investigations, in the hypothesis of an accident involving agricultural machinery.
New searches this week
It would once again be this hypothesis which motivated the search carried out on Tuesday. More precisely, the hypothesis of an accident possibly disguised as a disappearance, specifies “Le Parisien”, which adds that more generally, according to a source close to the case, the young man suspected is “talking about him because he does not correspond to the codes local “. If at the end of this new search no trace of Émile has been found and no one has been taken into custody, the legal operations will continue throughout the week, specifies the prosecutor of the Republic of Aix-en-Provence, Jean-Luc Blachon.