[HIGHLIGHTS] France: Missing Émile (2) is dead – investigators confirm tragic find

France: Missing Émile (2) is dead – investigators confirm tragic find. The missing two-and-a-half-year-old Émile was last seen in the southern French village of Vernet.

A walker discovered the bones of the missing child after months of searching. The cause of the child's death is still unclear, the broadcaster BFMTV said. The mayor of the town of Le Vernet, François Balique, said: “I am relieved, but very sad because I had hoped he would be found alive”