3 w. ago Mystery over toddler who vanished in Alps deepens after grandparents released without charge

Prosecutors say the anatomical scars on the skull of Émile Soleil are ‘suggestive of violent facial trauma’

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3 w. ago Emile Soleil murder suspect family's Catholic priest, 85, 'committed suicide' days before the toddler's grandparents were arrested

Father Gilliot frequently expressed his emotional angst during the saga, and allegedly 'took his own life' last Saturday at his home in Aix-en-Provence, it emerged today.

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3 w. ago Emile Soleil: Dead toddler's aunt and uncle arrested alongside grandparents for Alps 'murder'

Philippe and Anne Vedovini, both 59, are currently being questioned about the death of their two-year-old grandson Emile Soleil who vanished from their isolated holiday home in the Alps

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3 w. ago Grandparents arrested for murder of toddler found dead in Alps with shattered skull

Émile Soleil, two, was on holiday with his family when he went missing in July 2023.

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3 w. ago Grandparents arrested over murder of toddler found dead in French Alps

Investigation into death of two-year-old Émile Soleil, who went missing from a village in 2023, takes surprise turnA long investigation into the mysterious death in 2023 of a French toddler took a surprise turn on Tuesday when police arrested the boy’s grandparents on suspicion of murder.The death of Émile Soleil, who was two and a half when he went missing in a French Alpine village in July 2023, has remained unexplained even after the discovery of his skull and teeth by a walker just over a mile from the village nine months after his disappearance. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Grandparents arrested for suspected murder of toddler in French Alps

Investigation into death of two-year-old Émile Soleil, who went missing from a village in 2023, takes surprise turnA long investigation into the mysterious death in 2023 of a French toddler took a surprise turn on Tuesday when police arrested the boy’s grandparents on suspicion of murder.The death of Émile Soleil, who was two and a half when he went missing in a French Alpine village in July 2023, has remained unexplained even after the discovery of his skull and teeth by a walker just over a mile from the village nine months after his disappearance. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Huge twist in death of little Emile as grandparents and two other family members are arrested on suspicion of murder and hiding his corpse two years after toddler vanished in French Alps

Two-year-old Emile was staying at the Vedovinis' isolated holiday home in the Alpine hamlet of Haut-Vernet, south of Grenoble, when he went missing in July 2023.

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