Disappearance of a French couple in Madeira: the investigation accelerates, a hypothesis emerges

A French couple on vacation on the island of Madeira were caught by a French couple on vacation on the island of Madeira. found without life. The accident track is privileged.

"Everything indicates that the couple fell several meters”, assured the police commissioner, Joao Gois, & agrave; l'AFP. A week after the discovery of the two bodies, the accident is estimated to be serious. as "the most likely hypothesis". The bodies were taken away. found in a slippery ravine and in an “advanced” state. decomposition".

All the elements also seem to agree to affirm that it is the couple of French bakers, Véronique and Laurent Blond. Investigators discovered a shoe and a handbag. back with documents belonging to the couple. Originally from Tarn-et-Garonne, they had been missing since March 16 when they had gone hiking. e on the Portuguese island.

On April 4, a walker discovered the body of a woman then the next day a second body was found. found in the same area. Le Parisien had specifiedé that&# 39;they were at home about twenty meters apart, ' proximity of the family's rental house. 

99% chance it's them

À Funchal, on April 4, Luis Simoes, the regional commander of the Portuguese police, explained, in the columns of the French daily, that "youê clothing, shoes and the probable date of death make us safe & 95%, or even 99%, that it is the missing French tourist. The place where was é discovered the first body "is an old path", according to the spokesperson for the Portuguese police, relayed" by Le Parisien. The path, poorly maintained, was very muddy these days due to the heavy rains which have fallen on the island for around ten days. ;nbsp;

Laurent and Véronique Blond had gone on vacation with their youngest daughter, Johanna. Last week, the couple's eldest daughter, Pauline, who had not accompanied them, had lost hope. "You have to go à Obviously, the chances are very slim of finding them alive,” she lamented. at the microphone of BFMTV. 

In France, investigations have been carried out. carried out in the house of bakers from Tarn-et-Garonne. They failed to find any element likely to explain the disappearance of the couple. An investigation into a worrying disappearance was then launched. opened by the prosecutor of the Republic of Montauban and entrusted to the prosecutor. the Castelsarrasin research brigade and à the Beaumont-de-Lomagne gendarmerie.