The date of Thursday March 28 appears on the death notice for little Émile, two days before the discovery of the child’s bones. A date which also corresponds to the Thursday where the “scenario” took place in Haut-Vernet.
It is a detail which raises some questions, both from those close to the deceased and from the person who signed the document, in this case the mayor of Vernet (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). The date of Thursday March 28, 2024 was officially selected to appear on the death notice of little Émile Soleil, whose disappearance and death have still not been explained by the investigators in charge of this legal case.
If this date is surprising, it is because it actually occurred two days before the discovery of the child’s bones.
“Scenario” day
On Saturday March 30, 2024, a hiker from the village found Emile’s skull on a path in a forest near Haut-Vernet. Two days earlier, no one was officially certain that the child had died.
“The bones were indeed discovered on Saturday and not two days earlier if that is your question,” replied a judicial source when questioned on the subject.
The date of Thursday March 28, 2024 is all the more surprising as it corresponds to the day of the “situation”. That Thursday, seventeen people were summoned by the courts to reconstruct the moment when the little boy was seen for the last time, Saturday July 8, 2023.
Why was this date chosen by the investigating judges and investigators? In any case, no error was made by the town hall of Le Vernet when signing the documents, brought directly by a gendarme from Seyne-les-Alpes on Friday June 28, 2024. The date of March 28 appeared on the official paper placed on the desk and signed by François Balique.
“An administrative formality”
Surprised by this choice, a gendarme from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence who worked for a long time on the Émile affair saw it as “only an administrative formality”. “Normally, when we discover a corpse, we wait for the cause of death to be investigated. Then, once we have the causes, we have a burial report issued by the public prosecutor’s office which authorizes the body to be returned to the family,” he explains.
“The report is drawn up by a judicial police officer (OPJ) and taken to the civil registry to make a declaration of death. That is to say a much later date than two days before the discovery of the bones. It is strange but I I really think that it doesn’t change anything and that it’s an administrative formality,” he concludes.
For those who work on the legal aspect of the case, this date has no importance on the investigation or on the manifestation of the truth to explain Emile’s death.
“The choice of the date was a simple technical and expedient reason,” indicates a source who has followed the Émile file since the first day. Contacted on this subject, the Aix-en-Provence public prosecutor’s office has, for the time being, not responded to our requests.
Fifteen months after the disappearance of little Émile, the investigation to explain the child’s death continues. Investigators are currently working on the results obtained from the analysis of the child’s bones and clothing. Remains which have still not been returned to Émile’s relatives, who are desperately waiting to obtain answers to their many questions.
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