Frédéric Michel (special correspondent in Haut-Vernet) / Photo credits: THIBAUT DURAND / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP 08:21 a.m., April 4, 2024
The dog unit, specialized in the search for human remains, left the hamlet of Haut-Vernet. Experts from the Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie (IRCGN) will now continue their analyzes based on the child's bones found last Saturday.
Around a hundred gendarmes remained mobilized on Wednesday in Haut-Vernet (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), in search of new clues that could explain the circumstances of the death of little Emile, the boy who disappeared in July including some of the bones and clothes have been found since Saturday.
An in-depth study of the bones
The police force is beginning to be lightened. The dog unit, specialized in the search for human remains, left the hamlet of Haut-Vernet. Now, the hope of one day knowing the truth rests partly on the work of scientists. After being able to formally identify the skull of little Émile, experts from the Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie (IRCGN) continued their analyzes in Pontoise.
They have already noted traces of small fractures, cracks and post-mortem bites, which are not the cause of the child's death since they occurred after his death. An in-depth study of the bones is underway. IRCGN experts are also trying to bring to light the child's clothes discovered scattered near a stream and in an area difficult to access, 150 meters below the path where the walker came across the skull of the child. 'child.
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