A kidnapping alert triggered, then lifted, but a girl still missing.
The investigation continues this Wednesday since the disappearance the day before of Mia, 8 years old, in the Vosges.
If there is for the moment "nothing new", according to the public prosecutor of Epinal, "the danger is still persistent".
A press conference is scheduled for 11:30 am.
What happened ?
Late Tuesday morning, 8-year-old Mia was kidnapped by three men in the Vosges.
She was then with her grandmother, to whom she had been entrusted.
The child "could be accompanied by her mother Lola Montemaggi who is not allowed to see her alone, is 28 years old, 1m70, very thin, shoulder-length light brown hair, two star tattoos.
on the inside of a wrist ”, according to the kidnapping alert first broadcast in the evening.
It can potentially be driven in a black Peugeot 207 registered BZ 370 GZ.
8 years old, Mia is 1m30 tall.
She has brown eyes, long brown hair with bangs.
At the time of her abduction, she was wearing black pants, a zippered waistcoat with gold dots and a white puffer jacket with black polka dots lined with white fur.
Why was the kidnapping alert lifted?
.
"On the decision of the Epinal prosecutor's office, the kidnapping alert is ended," the Ministry of Justice announced in a tweet.
“The child has not been found.
But his photos should no longer be released.
The investigation is continuing.
Thank you all for your help.
»Mia not having been found, the lifting of the kidnapping alert system, in the dead of night, asks questions.
By decision of the public prosecutor's office in Epinal, the kidnapping alert is ended.
The child has not been found.
But his photos should no longer be released.
The investigation is continuing.
Thank you all for your help.
- Ministry of Justice (@justice_gouv) April 13, 2021
"This device was implemented from 9 p.m. for a period of three hours, which is usually provided for by the protocol to allow the broadcasting of a flash message, fast, allowing us to put all the chances on our side to locate the child and identify the people who have been able to abduct it, ”explained the public prosecutor of Epinal, Nicolas Heitz.
“There is no hidden will: now the investigation must continue, the message has passed, people know how to give information and we want the investigation to continue.
All the most important means of investigation and investigation are deployed, ”added Nicolas Heitz.
Adopted in France in February 2006, this system consists of launching a massive alert in the event of the abduction of a minor child in order to mobilize the population in the search for the child and its abductor.
It is only activated if several criteria are met: there must be a proven kidnapping and not a simple disappearance, the victim must be a minor, his physical integrity or his life must be in danger and elements of information must make it possible to locate him. .
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Where is the investigation?
It continues, assures the prosecutor: "The child is still actively sought," he said on France Inter this Wednesday morning.
"The danger is persistent," he also stressed at RMC's microphone.
“It is not because the kidnapping alert system has been lifted that the messages should not be continued.
The Nancy research section and the Saint-Dié research brigade are responsible for the investigation, the prosecutor said.
