Emil’s bones were found. Two-year-old child missing in France for eight months

The bones of Emile Soleil, a two-year-old child, were found Saturday near Vernet in France, the Aix-en-Provence prosecutor said, according to the report. Le Monde. The child’s skull and teeth have now been found.

The family was notified Sunday morning, according to BFMTV. Authorities are conducting further searches, starting “extensive excavations” in the area where the bones were found.

A French television channel said a tourist found the skull at noon on Saturday and alerted authorities to the discovery.

Access to the village has been blocked to allow for a more in-depth investigation.

In accordance with Le MondeThe prosecutor explains that the bones were found “near the village of Vernet”, the place where he was last seen when he disappeared in July 2023.

“Researchers were left with the bones, which were later transported to the Institute of Criminal Investigation of the National Gendarmerie for genetic identification analysis, which allowed them to conclude on March 31 that these were the bones of the child Emile Soleil,” the statement said. in the statement. .

According to the newspaper, authorities carried out some kind of special operation on Thursday. “scenario” who gathered Emil’s family, neighbors and witnesses in the village almost nine months after the investigation began to try to reconstruct the moment when the child was last seen. The discovery of Emil’s bones occurs two days after this “scenario”.

The cause of death is still unknown.

Emile disappeared on July 8 in the Alps of Haute-Provence while playing at his grandparents’ house in the village of Le Vernet. From that day on he was never seen again.

The family was getting ready to go for a walk when they realized the child was missing.

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