As of: March 29, 2024, 12:32 p.m
By: Michel Guddat, Alina Schröder
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A vacation to Madeira ends in an absolute nightmare for one family. The parents never return from a walk.
Funchal - beaches like from a picture book and breathtaking nature: Madeira is one of the most popular islands in Europe and attracts numerous tourists year after year. A family from France, Paul and Véronique B. and their daughter Johanna also traveled to the Portuguese “Flower Island”. However, their trip took a terrible turn. Like with a sailing couple in the Caribbean - the police suspect murder.
Daughter waits in vain at the hotel: parents never return from a walk in Madeira
As local media reported, the parents never returned from a walk together in Madeira. So far there is no trace of them. Her daughter Johanna, who had stayed at the hotel, reported her missing on March 16th. About 30 police and rescue workers began the search. But neither on land nor in the water could they find Paul and Véronique B., who run a bakery together in France. Joao Góis, police spokesman, is quoted by
RTL
: “So far we have no concrete indication of where they might be, which is why our radius of action is too large and makes the search very difficult.”
A witness said he saw the woman again on the day she disappeared. Alone, on the coast of Sao Vicente. “She stood there in front of the burger joint for a moment. I saw her and recognized her when the police showed me a photo of her,” the witness is quoted by
RTL
.
The world still looked good back then: Johanna (on the right in the picture)) and her parents Paul (l.) and Véronique (m.) on vacation in Madeira. © TikTok/Screenshot
Investigations are also underway in France - so far without success
Although a few days have passed since the missing person was reported, the investigators are not thinking of giving up the search. “We will continue our search as long as we are able. Regardless of whether we find the people alive or not,” Góis said.
In France, the home of the three holidaymakers, the State Ministry has opened an investigation into the disturbing disappearance. The house and the bakery the two ran in Tarn-et-Garonne, near Toulouse, were investigated,
Le Parisien
reports. But here too, nothing suspicious has been found so far - or anything that could indicate suicide.
In France, another missing person case is shocking the population: little Èmile has been missing for months - most recently the police sealed off an entire village. Investigators also reopened the case of the missing Lina in Alsace.
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