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"The bones were put there": villagers refute the accident theory
For their part, the authorities have nevertheless stressed the difficulty of the search. Such as the weather conditions and the fact that the first frosts of winter might bring out tracks. Added to this are "the heat, the fatigue, the crowds and exhausted dogs who had worked all day elsewhere before arriving on the site on Saturday evening". Thus, "many factors can explain why nothing was found", we learned from these sources with the police. Was there human intervention? Was Émile simply the victim of wild animals? Too early to say for sure...
The absence of laces on his shoes intrigues the police
Especially since another element seems to catch the eye of the investigators. Namely, the shoes Émile was wearing and the absence of laces on them. New hypotheses have therefore emerged, regarding this element, which had hitherto been untraceable. "This is intriguing, as are other details," says a source close to the investigation. "But there are things that are intriguing and that are perfectly explicable."
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