Overview
- For the first time in this case, Philippe and Anne Vedovini and two of their children were received as civil parties by the two investigating judges in Aix-en-Provence on Tuesday.
- Each of the four family members was heard for about an hour, according to accounts reported by Le Parisien.
- The filing follows a November 8 return to the Haut-Vernet for site inspections conducted with their lawyers to prepare new submissions.
- In March 2025, the same four relatives were placed in police custody on suspicions of voluntary homicide and concealment of a corpse, then released 48 hours later after the prosecutor said the evidence was insufficient.
- Prosecutor Jean‑Luc Blachon has stated the child suffered violent facial trauma suggesting a probable third-party, with the family line of inquiry not closed after remains were found in March 2024 about 1.7 km from the hamlet.