Frédéric Michel 10:35 a.m., April 2, 2024

Three days after the discovery of little Emile's skull, a hundred police officers set about looking for the slightest clue. To help them, they can count on drones. Capable of providing an overview of the crime scene, they must also help investigators to better understand the unfolding of events.

The mystery remains. Three days after the discovery of the first bones of little Émile, barely two kilometers from Haut-Vernet, where the child disappeared last July, the steep mountains have still not revealed their secrets to investigators. So, a hundred gendarmes set out on the ground to find the rest of the boy's body. 

Three drones to reconstruct the crime scene

Facing the snow-covered peaks of the three bishoprics massif, the dozen experts work methodically to try to find other parts of Emile's body or any other clue, such as scraps of clothing that it would be surprising not to find. Two dog teams, anthropologists, criminal investigation technicians and a unit specializing in scene modeling arrived in the hamlet on Monday. 

Among them, Lieutenant Aurélien, from the Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie, deployed three drones with his team. “The objective is to fix the scene to maintain it in the best conditions and guarantee the replacement of the clues,” he explains.

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Very precise readings

“These drones first make it possible to map the entire scene in very detail by taking photos and then reconstruct the entire scene in 3D and 2D with maps and three-dimensional views. And we are also able with this drone to position it in space to the nearest centimeter thanks to GPS corrections, to also allow us to relocate all of the clues that are collected,” he continues at the microphone of Europe 1. 

The research is being carried out on several sites including a steep wooded mid-mountain area, located just two kilometers from the huge family home of Emile's grandparents.