Overview

• A Swiss firm’s analysis of Tiphaine Véron’s mobile data shows her phone remained in her hotel room until 11:40 the morning she vanished, challenging the hotelier’s assertion that she left at 10:00.
• Her family has submitted the geolocation findings and allegations of unexamined blood traces in her room to Japanese police and the French Embassy to push for a formal criminal inquiry.
• In May the family issued a commission rogatoire internationale to Japan’s Justice Ministry and the UN Committee on Forced Disappearances has urged Japanese authorities to open a criminal probe.
• Nikko police continue to treat the disappearance as an accidental river-fall and have yet to reclassify the case as criminal despite mounting evidence.
• Over seven years, the Véron family has made repeated trips to Nikko, commissioned expert analyses, and launched public appeals for witnesses to uncover the truth behind Tiphaine’s fate.