Overview

• The Procura di Imperia has opened a missing-person file for Alain Barnard Ganao with no criminal hypothesis.
• Investigators have interrogated witness P.D. and seized his vehicle and home following inconsistencies in his account of the boy’s last movements.
• Multi-agency teams including Carabinieri, Polizia di Stato, Vigili del Fuoco, Soccorso Alpino and Protezione Civile continue searches using drones, search dogs and volunteers.
• The boy’s non-verbal autism and unfamiliarity with the terrain have prompted teams to broadcast recorded family messages and familiar music in hopes of guiding him.
• Parents and local volunteers remain on the ground despite worsening weather, focusing efforts on the wooded hills and coastal roads near the campsite.