While the body of Anaïs Guillaume, missing in 2013, was never found, the daughter of Philippe Gillet, found guilty of murder, found bones on the grounds of his father's farm, Monday.

Could the case of the disappearance of Anaïs Guillaume be relaunched? While the body of the girl, missing in 2013, was never found, bones were discovered Monday in Fromy, in the Ardennes, on the grounds of the farm of Philippe Gillet, found guilty of the murder of his former girlfriend last April 3rd.

Bones "evoking a human skeleton"

All started with an anonymous letter, which last month was known to Philippe Gillet's daughter. This letter stated in particular that Anaïs' body was buried under a pile of manure, on the property of his father, a farmer convicted in April to 22 years of imprisonment. Without justice, she decided to dig the place herself with a small backhoe, until she discovered bones. The gendarmes then arrived to isolate the scene and allow the criminal identification technicians to take the samples.

The first findings suggest that it may be the remains of a person in his twenties, and the prosecutor said Tuesday that these were "bones reminiscent of a human skeleton" . But it will be necessary to wait for DNA analysis to confirm that this is indeed the body of Anaïs.

Why did Philippe Gillet's daughter undertake these excavations?

Another question to be solved: why did the convict's daughter undertake these wild searches? Was she hoping to clear her father, who has always denied being involved in Anais' death? Her lawyer assures in any case that she did not want to remove evidence.

Tuesday, additional information was ordered by the Court of Appeal of Reims, and the investigation was entrusted to an investigating judge of the court of first instance. What, perhaps, allow to clarify this case six and a half years after the disappearance of Anaïs, pending a new trial. Philippe Gillet must indeed be retried on appeal. At trial, if he had been sentenced for the murder of Anaïs Guillaume, he had been acquitted of that of his wife.