Special envoy to Haut-Vernet (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
Facing the snow-capped peaks of the Trois Evêchés massif, the hamlet of Haut-Vernet, frozen under a thin white film this Wednesday morning, is preparing to welcome investigators who are trying to unravel the mystery of Émile's disappearance. While the fate of the two-year-old boy remains, almost nine months later, a mystery, a
“scenario” bringing
together his family and the inhabitants of the village in the Provençal Alps will take place this Thursday, all day, in the hamlet of 25 souls, located at an altitude of 1200 meters. Two kilometers below, in Le Vernet, the too-quiet streets reveal the tension that reigns, while the security system takes shape.
Numerous gendarmerie forces are busy cordoning off a vast perimeter. Everyone here fears yet another media pressure. The inhabitants whose silhouettes can be seen behind their windows, like the gendarmes who nervously walk back and forth from the...
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