Disappearance of French people in Madeira: a second body found this Friday

After the disappearance, on March 16, of a French couple on vacation on the island of Madeira, a second body was found. té found, this Friday, April 5, in the same area as the first, discovered the day before.

The research launched this Friday morning led to: the discovery of a new body Madeira. Locatedé in the same area as the body of a woman found Thursday April 4 by an English walker, it could correspond to   that of Laurent Blond. He and his wife Véronique were originally from Tarn-et-Garonne. The couple is carriedé missing since March 16. They had gone hiking on the Portuguese island, Saturday March 16, and had no longer given any information. sign of life since. 

If the identities of the two bodies have not been determined, confirmed by the authorities, Le Parisien specifies that they were killed. found é about twenty meters apart, ' proximity of the family's rental house. 

99% chance it's them

À Funchal, this Thursday, April 4, Luis Simoes, the regional commander of the Portuguese police, explained, in the columns of the French daily, that "clothes, the 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 did not find any element likely to explain the disappearance of the couple. An investigation into a disturbing disappearance has been 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.