New elements fuel the homicide track and suspicion on the grandfather-Liberation

While the public prosecutor of Aix-en-Provence must hold a press conference Thursday at noon, the Parisian reveals this evening Wednesday, March 26, that investigators on The death of little Emile Soleildisappeared in July 2023 and whose body was found a year ago, would now be convinced that the 2 and a half year old boy would have been killed by someone.

According to the Parisianthe gendarmes have proceeded in recent months to entomological expertise – the study of insects on the corpse – which would allow us to affirm that the bones of Emile would have stayed in two different places: in a protected place then in the wild, this to make believe in an accident without culprit. These same analyzes would also conclude that lesions on the skull compatible with human intervention. In addition, according to a second expertise practiced on the t-shirt of the little boy found by the gendarmes, the garment would have no trace of human decomposition, suggesting that he would never have been in contact with the body.

From these elements, the investigators have drawn up a list of suspects: maternal grandparents, uncle and the aunt of Emile, last people to have seen it alive. The four members of the Vedovini family were placed In police custody Tuesday March 25. At this hour, it was the grandfather, Philippe Vedovini, 59, who would act as a number 1 suspect.

The track leading to this man – known for his involvement in the scandal of the rigorous community of Riaumont and violent with his own children according to several testimonies – still takes a little more thickness with the revelation of a new testimony by The Parisian. A witness who had seen Emile go down alone down the hamlet, would also have seen Philippe Vedovini a few moments later leaving alone in search of his grandson.

At this time, no admission was made by any suspects and police custody can last until Thursday morning. In a brief press release sent to AFP on Wednesday evening, prosecutor Jean-Luc Blachon specifies that he will talk about « The situation of the investigation in the file concerning the disappearance and death of Emile Soleil » Thursday noon.