Overview

• On July 1, the prosecutor’s office launched a disparition inquiétante inquiry, triggering mandatory registration in France’s missing persons database.
• Authorities are tracing the girls’ mobile phone geolocations to a tower in Sillon de Bretagne before their signals went dark.
• Witnesses report seeing Sofia and Djouliana at a Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire bowling alley on June 28 with no confirmed sightings since.
• Families of 15-year-old Sofia and 16-year-old Djouliana have renewed public appeals and urged anyone with information to contact police.
• Relatives have warned the teens could be vulnerable to exploitation such as prostitution or drug trafficking following family conflicts.