Marie Soleil published a short message on the Facebook group where many Internet users support the family. Since last July, the group has welcomed the prayers and words of thousands of Internet users affected by this extraordinary news story.
The mystery of Émile's disappearance was partly solved on the Easter weekend, when a hiker who was walking on a path near Haut-Vernet came across the partial remains of the little boy. After nine fruitless months, during which the investigation got bogged down by stumbling over successive leads, the first outcome of the case came to light, on April 30, with the discovery of the boy's bones. The child's mother, Marie Soleil, wanted to thank all those who wrote to the family to show their support and participated in the open prize pool. She also specified that she received, with her husband, part of the money paid into the kitty. “We will never be able to forget you and your little boy, ” replies a user.