France. Death of 2.5-year-old Emil Soleil. New hypothesis of investigators

Grandparents, uncle and aunt of 2.5 -year -old Emil were released from custody without charging them – said the French prosecutor's office. Investigators inform about the latest hypothesis regarding the disappearance and death of the child.

Grandparents, uncle and aunt of the 2.5-year-old Emil Soleil, who died in 2023 They were detained on Tuesday – writes BBC. For two days they were in custody, where they were interrogated. On Thursday, the prosecutor's office from Aix-EN-Provence announced that all four were released that day, without charging them. Prosecutor Jean-Luc Blachon said that they were released after they answered all the questions asked. He noted, however, that the investigation gathered around the family is not yet closed. “We are still determined to reveal the circumstances of Emil's death,” said the prosecutor, quoted by the BBC.

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The prosecutor's office about the new hypothesis

2.5-year-old Emile Soleil He was lost on July 8, 2023during a holiday stay with grandparents in Vernet, southern France. The boy was to play in the yard, and the family was to realize that he disappeared when they wanted to take him on a trip. Hundreds of people got involved in Emil's search – professional emergency services and volunteers. Still, they had no effect. For the remains of a child It was only found at the end of March 2024 near the village. After a year – in March this year – investigators returned to this place, and in the last Tuesday they detained members of the Emil family, their home was searched and their car and a trailer were confiscated.

Prosecutor Blachon reported on Thursday that – according to the latest investigative hypothesis – the remains and clothes of the child were transported to the place where they were found, shortly before the random person came across them. The child's skull test showed traces of “violent face injury”. According to the prosecutor, this makes the theory that third parties were involved in the disappearance and death of Emil. Until Thursday, one of the hypotheses taken into account was that the child got lost and collapsed.

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