THE grandparents of missing Émile Soleil have been arrested on suspicion of murder in a shocking twist.
The two-year-old vanished two years ago while at his grandparent’s holiday home in France.
EnterpriseÉmile Soleil, 2, vanished from a holiday home in July 2023[/caption]
Émile Soleil’s remains were foundSocial Media
Peter JordanThe boy was on holiday at his grandparents holiday home in Haut-Vernet when he went missing[/caption]
Philippe and Anne Vedovini, both 59, were arrested on Tuesday along with two of their adult children in connection with Émile’s death.
The four are all facing charges of “intentional homicide” and “concealing a corpse”, according to a statement from Aix-en-Provence prosecutors.
Émile was officially in the care of his granddad the day he disappeared as his parents, Marie and Colomban Soleil took a break.
Philippe later admitted “fifteen minutes of inattention”.
A witness saw Philippe, a physiotherapist-osteopath, cutting wood outside his house around the time Emile is thought to have wandered off.
The tot’s remains, including a fractured skull, were only discovered nine months later, following daily searches.
François Balique told Le Figaro at the time that the remains were found “on a path between the Church and Chapel” in the village – just over a 100 yards from his home.
But Mayor Balique said the hamlet in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence had been “thoroughly searched by gendarmes”, suggesting that the bones could have been moved back to Vernet.
A source close to the investigation told The Mail that such a move would add a very disturbing element to the investigation.
It would be unlikely that animals would return human remains, the source claimed.
Instead they said the discovery suggests that “a person brought Emile’s remains back, and potentially very recently”.
AFPEmile’s parents arrive at his funeral ceremony in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, southern France in February[/caption]
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