I am not ashamed to admit I cried my eyes out yesterday when I read his remains had been found, not that far from where he disappeared. Something does not seem right to me though as I thought the whole area had been thoroughly searched! Poor little mite, may he rest in peace.
yep, all those months ago, this story touched my heart… and I’ve been hoping he would be found alive and well…
So far, there are no indications of foul play or human intervention… for the family’s sake I hope the results of ongoing tests will give a gentle end to this sad story.
A 59 year old local man went out for a walk on 9th jan, fit and healthy, and didn’t take his phone. Since then hundreds of people have helped with frequent search parties, they have had specialist find and rescue dogs, cadaver dogs and mobilised all the local walking groups.
His corpse was found 10 days ago by a person searching for morilles. No suspicious circumstances.
And found in an area that had been searched numerous times.
If a grown man is hard to find, a small child would be even harder.
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Apparently seen wandering the streets by himself before he disappeared. Two years old! Why the hell did no one go to him and take him home? People just walked on by!
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A sad development
Just seen this as the headliner on the 13h news. A horsebox was shown covered in plastic to be forensically investigated. Seeing that little chap’s face again, really upset me.
The 2 grandparents and 2 of their children…
So grim but also somehow it had to be someone close, completely ghastly. They are a peculiar family, or so I gather from the news, not that anything is said overtly.
Religious orders of monks, rape, child abuse rearing its head again according to some reports that the granddad was in a religious order before marrying which has been accused of attrocities.
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Aix prosecutor is to hold a press conference Thursday, March 27 at noon.
I get the impression that the French press have their suspicions about this disappearance. Things they can’t publish due to lack of proof. In the early days I read a couple of articles that portrayed the family as a bit out of the ordinary. A bit like the case of Delphine Jubillar.
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The Cedric Jubillar case goes to court in the summer, that case is a bit less complicated from what I hear. The Jubillar house is in the next village and near neighbour of mine is a local flic so I get to hear some of the gossip. No idea if he’s guilty or not though 99% of the villages believe he is but no body has yet been found.
Once again the correct way to operate this forum has escaped me and I am a late comer to this thread, but it did remind me of a regular female contributor to a long disappeared forum, several in the past for me, who disappeared without trace somewhere in the Alps. A lot of people were turning out to search for her including several forum members who lived in the vicinity, but it was quite a few days before she was found at the bottom of a small cliff in an area previously searched. It was very sad, not least because she was a very popular member. Some people here might remember as I know I know I am not the only habitual forum refugee. 
Sorry David, it doesn’t ring a bell
Yes I remember her. CS her initials, yes?
I can’t remember even her initials, it was a long time ago, possibly Total France days before the French Entree takeover. I remember she had a daughter in NZ who came over for the funeral.
That was my 2nd forum in France, the first was attached to an English newspaper in Bordeaux but it collapsed when the paper went bust I think. It was run by the editor, Miranda, and I was disappointed when she refused to highlight the plight of an English lorry driver innocently imprisoned in Perpignan when drugs were found in his load. He was eventually declared so and released, but not until after many months in prison.
Sorry, off topic, but that is what happens when you lose memories, they pop back to haunt you when you least expect it. 
I’ve been on this forum about twelve years as a fairly regular contributor but I can’t recall this lady.
Ester Dingley?
Mind you, there is a long list of dead hikers found at bottom of cliffs, in holes, or just dead.