A wanted notice was launched on Saturday after the disturbing disappearance in the night of Friday to Saturday, in Deux-Sèvres, of Marie-France Garaud, French political figure of the 1970s, former advisor to Presidents Pompidou and Chirac, according to concordant sources.
The alert was given at night by the staff of the residence of Marie-France Garaud, 86, in Saint-Pompain, indicates the gendarmerie of Deux-Sèvres. His vehicle was also reported, with an elderly person alone on board, late Friday evening in the forest of Mervent, about twenty kilometers, in Vendée. The search continued actively Saturday morning, said the gendarmerie.