French police are looking for a two-year-old who went missing while on holiday with his grandparents at the weekend. Émile played in the garden of a holiday home he and his grandparentsstayedin on Saturday afternoon. This was in the hamlet of Le Vernet in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
While his grandparents were busy preparing to leave for the day, Émile reportedly left to play in the garden. However, by the time they returned to put him in the car, he had disappeared.
At 5:15 p.m. local time, Émile’s grandparents informed the authorities of his disappearance. Police,families, emergency service workers, and local residents all began a desperate attempt to locate the boy.
The boy went missing in a garden
The search party covered 5 kilometers butcould not find him. Now a helicopter, thermic camera drones, and sniffer dogs have been brought in to ramp up search efforts. The mayor of Le Vernet, François Balique, said on French television that Émile was an excellent walker for a boy his age.
“It’s a small village with 20 or so houses. We see everything. He could have covered some distance and gotten lost or hidden," he said. The boy was spotted leaving the accommodation by two nearby people on Saturday, but they said they soon “lost sight of him”.
Police have searched all homes in the village and urged anyone with information to come forward.
It is believed Émile, who is originally from Bouches-du-Rhône near Marseille, was wearing a yellow top, white shorts with a green pattern, and hiking shoes when he vanished. He is 90cm (almost 3 feet) tall, with brown eyes and blonde hair, according to officials.
So far, police have ruled out abduction as the cause. The manager of the Bistrot in Le Vernet, Marie-Laure, told La Provence: “We were preparing for the evening service when we were told the child had gone missing. "We all gathered to see what we could do to help as quickly as possible. "We have looked in places where he could be; we have really looked everywhere for him."
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