Sad discovery eight months after the disappearance of little Emile. Bones of the two and a half year old child who disappeared in July 2023 were found on Saturday near the hamlet of Haut-Vernet, where his family lives, the Aix-en-Provence public prosecutor announced this Sunday, March 31 .
“On March 30, 2024, the national gendarmerie was informed of the discovery of bones near the hamlet Vernet,” he specifies. A walker made the discovery, according to the prosecution cited by The Parisian.
Further research
“The investigators took possession of the bones immediately transported to the IRCGN [Institut de recherche criminelle de la gendarmerie nationale] in order to carry out genetic identification analyzes which made it possible to conclude on March 31 that these were the bones of the child Emile Soleil. »
The Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie is continuing “criminalistic” analyzes of the bones. Additional searches at the scene are also underway by the police.
For two days on Wednesday and Thursday, a “scenario” was organized as part of the investigation, bringing together the family, neighbors and witnesses. She had not brought any new useful information to find the little boy.