{"id":16700,"date":"2024-04-03T03:01:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T03:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/03\/emile-clothes-belonging-to-boy-missing-in-french-alps-since-july-found-days-after-remains-discovered\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T03:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T03:01:42","slug":"emile-clothes-belonging-to-boy-missing-in-french-alps-since-july-found-days-after-remains-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/03\/emile-clothes-belonging-to-boy-missing-in-french-alps-since-july-found-days-after-remains-discovered\/","title":{"rendered":"Emile: Clothes belonging to boy missing in French Alps since July found – days after remains discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The cause of death of a two-year-old who went missing in the French Alps in July remains unexplained, despite the discovery of his bones and clothing.<\/p>\n

Last week, forensic tests<\/a><\/strong> showed that a skull found by a walker near Le Vernet in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence belonged to the boy, known as Emile.<\/p>\n

Some of his clothes – including a T-shirt, shoes and shorts – have now been found close to where the remains were discovered, according to the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n

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But prosecutor Jean-Luc Blanchon said the evidence found so far “does not indicate what the cause of the death of Emile was”.<\/p>\n

He added: “Between a fall, manslaughter and murder no hypothesis can be given greater precedence above another to explain the death.”<\/p>\n

Some marks were found on the skull, which, Mr Blanchon said could have been caused by animals after he died.<\/p>\n

Emile’s clothes are yet to be examined.<\/p>\n

The little boy was last seen by two witnesses walking down a street near his grandparents’ house on 8 July last year, according to authorities at the time.<\/p>\n

He had arrived in the area the day before to stay with his maternal grandparents in a remote mountain village just outside Le Vernet for the summer holidays.<\/p>\n

They realised Emile was missing when they went to put him in the car, local mayor Francois Balique said at the time.<\/p>\n

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When he was last seen, Emile was less than 3ft tall and was wearing a yellow T-shirt and white shorts.<\/p>\n

A massive ground search involving dozens of police officers and soldiers – supported by sniffer dogs, a helicopter and drones – failed to find him, as did a reconstruction in which his family took part.<\/p>\n

A prosecutor said after several days it was unlikely such a young child would have survived in the summer heat.<\/p>\n

The case, which began as a missing person investigation, soon became a criminal inquiry into a possible abduction, although police did not rule out murder, an accident or a fall.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n