Investigators identify remains of toddler who disappeared in French Alps in 2023

Issued on: 01/04/2024 – 10:11Modified: 01/04/2024 – 11:29 01:48 This photograph taken on March 27, 2024 shows an entrance to the French Alps village of Le Vernet, near the Haut-Vernet where a two-year-old toddler named Emile went missing while staying with his grandparents in July 2023. © Christophe Simon, AFP French investigators have found and […]

Investigators identify remains of toddler who disappeared in French Alps in 2023

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This photograph taken on March 27, 2024 shows an entrance to the French Alps village of Le Vernet, near the Haut-Vernet where a two-year-old toddler named Emile went missing while staying with his grandparents in July 2023.

This photograph taken on March 27, 2024 shows an entrance to the French Alps village of Le Vernet, near the Haut-Vernet where a two-year-old toddler named Emile went missing while staying with his grandparents in July 2023. © Christophe Simon, AFP

French investigators have found and identified the “bones” of a toddler whose disappearance last summer in a tiny village in the French Alps shocked the nation, a prosecutor said Sunday. “A woman found a skull while hiking and notified police. It was flown by helicopter to a scientific lab, and confirmed through genetic testing.” 

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