It was around 9:30 a.m. this Sunday, March 31, when Émile's parents received a call from investigators. While they were on their way to Easter mass, they learned that remains corresponding to the skeleton of their son, missing since July, had been found the day before and authenticated during the night by experts from the national gendarmerie.
It had been 267 days and as many nights that they had lived in this permanent nightmare of not knowing. They reacted during the day via their lawyer, Me Jérôme Triomphe: “If this heartbreaking news was feared, the time has come for mourning, contemplation and prayer. Marie and Colomban now know on this Resurrection Sunday that Emile watches over them in the light and tenderness of God. But the pain and sorrow remain. 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. »
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