Overview
- Human remains and nearby belongings were discovered in a steep area of Sikinos where two French hikers vanished in June 2024.
- Items found at the site appear to match possessions of Françoise Boutteaux, 73, with the family lawyer reporting a possible passport among them.
- The French judiciary has taken over the case and requested DNA analysis and an autopsy to establish identity and cause of death.
- Le Parisien reports the remains were located by hunters below a hiking trail that the women could have taken on the day they disappeared.
- The last known contact was a message from Boutteaux saying she had fallen on a day of extreme heat, as investigators later noted an unexplained group call and reconstructed the pair’s route.