An important device has been deployed to search for a 2-year-old child who has been missing since Saturday in the town of Vernet.
His name is Émile, he is two and a half years old. It was his grandparents who called the emergency services at the end of the afternoon this Saturday, July 8, 2023, after having lost sight of him, while he was playing in the garden of the house, located in Vernet, a village in the north of Digne-les-Bains, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, reports La Voix du Nord.
An investigation is open for worrying disappearance, indicated a source close to the file to BFMTV.
Two high mountain gendarmerie platoons, a Saint-Hubert dog with a canine team and two helicopters have been mobilized since the reported disappearance of the child. Thermal drones are also available as well as a helicopter with thermal reconnaissance.
” Searches have been underway since yesterday to find him. They continued for a good part of the night and resumed at dawn “, indicated Rémy Avon, public prosecutor of Digne-les-Bains, to BFM DICI.
Many residents mobilized
From 9:15 p.m., the town hall of Vernet posted a first search message on social networks.
Many inhabitants, in particular seasoned hikers, are also mobilized for the research. The child’s parents are there. ” The family is known here, they have been coming for decades on vacation. Émile was playing with his grandparents and he disappeared. Many police and firefighters are present. But also the inhabitants of the village and the canton to try to find the child “, testified the mayor of Vernet, François Balique.
No track is privileged for the moment. The child can walk very well, the authorities fear that he could also have gotten lost.
