On September 4, 2020, the Emgba-Mekongo family should have grown. Louise, the last of this family of four sisters, gives birth to her second little girl. To accompany her in this birth, Louise’s mother leaves, for a few days, her home in Massy (Essonne) where she lives with Évelyne, 50 years old today, Louise’s big sister. When she returns, the mother finds her apartment very clean, tidy, everything is in its place. Only Évelyne is missing. His set of keys was slipped through the mailbox. “Since that day, Évelyne has disappeared. We no longer have any news from her, describes Louise. We don’t know where she is. We imagine all the scenarios: is she still alive? Was his departure premeditated? Did she leave of her own free will or forced? And what has happened to him since then? »
Every year in France, like Évelyne, thousands of adults disappear, without leaving an address. Until 2013, the police systematically opened an investigation. From this date, this is only the case if there is evidence that the missing person may be in danger. “If we are unable to contact her, she will be included in the wanted persons file and the prosecution will be informed,” specifies a police Source. On the other hand, if we manage to contact the person and they tell us that they disappeared of their own free will or that there is nothing to worry about, we will stop there. »
