CNN
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The grandparents of a French toddler who went missing nearly two years ago have been arrested on suspicion of his murder, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Two-year-old Émile Soleil disappeared from his grandparents’ garden in Le Haut-Vernet, a hamlet in the French Alps, in July 2023. Nine months after his disappearance, his remains were discovered by a hiker near the village.
Now the long investigation into the toddler’s death has taken a shocking turn with four individuals — including Émile’s grandparents and two of their adult children — being taken into police custody. Emile’s grandfather Philippe Vedovini and his wife, who was not named by the…
