It was a walker who made the terrible discovery this Thursday, November 7, 2024 in the afternoon. A floating body was found in the Clain at Tison islet, in Poitiers. The police were on scene in the afternoon at 4 p.m.
The identification work should make it possible to find out if it is the young Poitevin who has been missing since Tuesday October 29 in the evening. Neil Vaillant, 23, had spent part of the evening in Tison and had been lost from his friends in the area. They reported his disappearance the next day.
Searches until Tuesday
Police and firefighters carried out searches on site as early as Thursday, October 31. On Tuesday, November 5, divers surveyed a sector of around thirty meters downstream from the Tison dam and carried their investigations along the banks to the Montbernage footbridge.
This Thursday, November 7, the family carried out new research on site, after those already carried out over the weekend, and distributed flyers in Poitiers. His father no longer has hope this Thursday evening and indicates that Neil's personal effects could be identified. DNA analyzes will have to confirm this.
