Overview

• The custody of Émile Soleil's grandparents and two of their adult children has been extended by 24 hours as the investigation progresses.
• Authorities conducted a search at the grandparents' home in La Bouilladisse, seizing a vehicle and a horse trailer for forensic examination.
• Investigators are pursuing a familial angle, with further witness interviews and interrogations underway to clarify the circumstances surrounding Émile's death.
• Émile Soleil, aged two and a half, disappeared in July 2023 while under the care of his grandparents in Haut-Vernet; his remains were discovered nine months later.
• The family, part of a traditionalist Catholic community, has been under scrutiny, with unresolved questions still surrounding the cause and details of Émile's death.