Overview

• Four family members, including Émile Soleil's grandparents and two of their adult children, were taken into custody on March 25, 2025, for suspected homicide and concealment of a body.
• The custody actions are described as part of a phase of evidence verification and confrontation following months of investigation into the toddler's death.
• A perquisition is ongoing at the grandparents' primary residence in La Bouilladisse, with investigators conducting criminalistic operations at other locations.
• Émile disappeared in July 2023 while under his grandparents' care, and his remains were discovered in March 2024, though the cause of death remains undetermined.
• Recent forensic analysis, including the seizure of a jardinière near a chapel in Haut-Vernet, has not been decisive in leading to the arrests.