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AP Interview Identifies Louvre 'Fedora Man' as 15-Year-Old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux

He says he was a museum visitor drawn to vintage detective style, not a figure in the October 20 theft.

Overview

  • The teen, from Rambouillet outside Paris, named himself in an Associated Press interview as Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux.
  • He says he was at the Louvre with family, found it closed after a jewelry heist on October 20, and had no connection to the crime.
  • AP photographer Thibault Camus captured the scene minutes after the closure while documenting police outside the museum.
  • The picture’s vintage-meets-modern contrast drove online theories ranging from amateur sleuth to AI fabrication until relatives recognized his mother in the background.
  • He cites Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot as influences, wears the look to school and on outings, and jokes that he would welcome film opportunities.