Death of little Emile: who is the hiker who brought the child's skull to her house ?

A hiker discovered the bones of little Eacute;mile, who disappeared in July 2023, near the hamlet of Haut-Vernet, Saturday March 30. His discovery marks a turning point in the case.

The discovery by a hiker, Saturday March 30, of the skull of Petit Émile accelerated the pace of discovery. the investigation. Nearly nine months after the disappearance of the 2 and a half year old boy, investigators continue their work so that they can be found. ;discovered the causes of the disappearance and death of Emile. Since Saturday, the gendarmes, in search of clues, have responded to the incident. invested in Le Haut Vernet, village in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence where the little boy had disappeared at the end of the day on July 8, 2023.

While she was walking in a steep area, not far from Haut-Vernet,  on a rugged but accessible low mountain terrain, which walkers use all year round, a hiker discovered a small skull. ;nbsp;The telephone network was not available and unable to notify the authorities, she chose to move the cré acirc;ne. By discovering the bones belonging to the child she gave investigators a precise search area. 

Behavior that questions

The profile of the hiker remains mysterious. During his press conference, the Aix-en-Provence prosecutor responded ;vélé that the hiker brought back took the skull to her home before handing it over to the authorities. "Disturbed by her discovery", she put the skull "in a plastic bag", said "  the prosecutor. She then broughté the skull at her home then contacted her. the police. An action that raises questions among investigators. One of them confided in at Le Figaro that'"we would have preferred  that she doesn't touch anything. According to RTL, which cites a source close to the investigation, nothing indicates at the moment that the hiker is suspected for any reason in the # 39;investigation.

Is the hiker a resident of Haut-Vernet ? Information differs. Thus, according to Le Figaro, it "a local" but for its part, RTL specifies that this woman does not live in Vernet or Haut-Vernet. Questioned by La Provence, the mayor of Vernet,  François Balique confesses to having "no idea of ​​who çit could be& quot;. But, "she didn't take the hiking trail in the logical sense that the locals know. So that's why I think it doesn't come from Vernet.