According to information from AFP confirmed by Le Figaro , the former adviser to Jacques Chirac Marie-France Garaud, 86, has disappeared since Friday evening June 12. “This person, suffering from an Alzheimer's type disease, left his home near Saint-Pompain by car around 11pm. The guardian of the domain notified the gendarmerie of Niort at 2 am ” , explains to Le Figaro the duty officer of the gendarmerie group of Niort (Deux-Sèvres).
Gendarmes were dispatched to the scene and warned their colleagues in the neighboring department of Vendée, who then warned them that a vehicle similar to his had been spotted in the forest of Mervent overnight.
A light gray Toyota
An investigation was opened for worrying disappearance. About twenty gendarmes crisscrossed the sector on Saturday morning, on the Vendée side as well as the Deux-Sèvres side. “All of our resources are mobilized. But this person did not take any phone or payment with him; there is nothing technically that allows us to speed up the searches, ” says the gendarmerie officer, who specifies that Marie-France Garaud's vehicle is a Toyota in light gray color.
86-year-old Marie-France Garaud is known for her role as advisor to Georges Pompidou and Jacques Chirac. She was a candidate in the 1981 presidential election (1.3%) and a member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004.