rench police looking for a two-year-old boy who went lacking from his grandparents’ backyard within the French Alps on Saturday say they haven't any clues as to what might have occurred to him.
The toddler, Emile, was final seen strolling down the road of his grandparents’ home by two witnesses on Saturday afternoon, a prosecutor stated.
The home is positioned in a distant mountain outpost with solely two dozen inhabitants simply outdoors Le Vernet within the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence between Grenoble and Nice.
Local police have entered each constructing of the settlement.
Some 500 volunteers have additionally helped with the search, in search of Emile within the forests and fields that encompass the village, the native prefect’s workplace stated on Twitter.
“At this point, we don’t have any clues allowing us to follow any particular theory (on his whereabouts)", the local public prosecutor told Franceinfo Radio.
French authorities at the weekend opened a telephone hotline and released a photograph of the boy, with a yellow flower tucked behind his ear.
The local mayor, Francois Balique told French TV: “The family was getting ready to leave the house to go on an outing. He took advantage of this fleeting moment to leave.
“His grandparents realised he was no longer there when they went to put him in the car."
BFM TV said authorities were using a recorded voice message by Emilie’s mother, broadcast over loudspeakers from a helicopter, in the area of the search.
A volunteer who came to help look for Emile, Roxanne, told the AFP news agency on Monday: “We took part in a big search this morning with 50 other people.
“There was a gap of two metres (7 feet) between each of us, we looked in the fields, and in the woods.
“We looked out for the smallest clue, maybe an item of clothing or a shoe he could have lost.”
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