“Marie and Colomban now know on this Resurrection Sunday that Emile watches over them in the light and tenderness of God. » These are not the words that the lawyer for Émile's parents, Jérôme Triomphe, reacted in the afternoon to the discovery of bones identified, this Easter Sunday, as corresponding to the two-year-old boy and half, disappeared nine months ago in the hamlet of Haut-Vernet (Alpes-de-Hautes-Provence).
“If this heartbreaking news was feared, the time has come for mourning, contemplation and prayer,” said this press release, evoking the “pain and sorrow” of the family. “The investigators continue their work in the necessary secrecy of the investigation so that the causes of Émile’s disappearance and death can be discovered,” continues Jérôme Triomphe.
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“Marie and Colomban would like to thank all those who helped and supported them as well as the investigating judges and investigators for their work, their professionalism, their personal commitment and their humanity which were of great benefit to them. comfort in recent months and in particular on this day,” the press release continued.
Research continues
On Saturday, the national gendarmerie was informed of "the discovery of bones" corresponding to those of "the child Émile Soleil", "near the hamlet of Vernet", the Aix-en prosecutor indicated in a short press release. -Provence Jean-Luc Blachon Sunday.
The Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie “continues criminalistic analyzes on the bones and the National Gendarmerie is dedicated to deploying means to undertake additional research on the geographical area where they were found,” continued Jean-Luc Blachon , without giving the slightest element on the cause of the child's death.
These few bones were found by a walker. On Sunday, in the rain and the cold, the hamlet was once again cut off from the world, as it has already been on several occasions for nine months as part of the investigation. A police roadblock placed at the exit of Vernet, just after the village church, blocked the only road to Haut-Vernet, located two kilometers upstream. According to our information, new excavations are being launched in the area because the bones found are “incomplete”.