Little Émile Soleil will be buried on February 8 in the Haut-Vernet cemetery (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), after a religious ceremony in the basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (Var). Investigators are still looking into the reasons for the child’s disappearance and death.
The funeral of little Émile, who suddenly disappeared on July 8, 2023, then found dead on March 30, 2024, will take place on February 8, 2025 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. The event, which promises to be highly publicized, will take place under close surveillance.
For the religious ceremony, the little boy’s family chose the Sainte-Marie-Madeleine basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume in the Var, a symbolic place. A major place of pilgrimage, the Sainte-Marie-Madeleine basilica houses the relics of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine. The kings of France, and even Charles de Foucault, came to pray there.
The criminal trail still relevant
At the end of the religious ceremony, the child will be buried in the strictest family privacy, in the Haut-Vernet cemetery, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. To do this, the human remains of the child, still in the hands of the investigating judges, must be returned to the family.
It was in this town of 125 inhabitants that the little 2 and a half year old boy disappeared on July 8, 2023. On March 30, 2024, a hiker found his skull, not far from his grandparents’ second home. maternal. The reasons for his disappearance and death are still not explained. The criminal trail is still alive. The investigation is continuing.
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