Erwan Blais, 18, has been missing since a night at a nightclub in Deux-Sèvres on February 11. The Niort public prosecutor's office announced on Tuesday the opening of a judicial investigation into the case.

Erwan's family filed a complaint against the nightclub for "failure to assist a person in danger" A co-manager of the nightclub told Courrier de l'Ouest last week that the evening brought together more than 900 people in the nightclub.