Grandparents arrested on suspicion of MURDER over death of missing boy Émile Soleil, 2, who vanished from holiday home
THE grandparents of missing Émile Soleil have been arrested on suspicion of murder in a shocking twist.
The two-year-old vanished two years ago while at his grandparent's holiday home in France.
Émile was officially in the care of his granddad, Philippe Vedovini, the day he disappeared as his parents, Marie and Colomban Soleil took a break.
A witness saw Mr Vedovini, a physiotherapist-osteopath, cutting wood outside his house around the time Emile is thought to have wandered off.
His remains, including a fractured skull, were only discovered nine months later, following daily searches.
François Balique told Le Figaro at the time that the remains were found "on a path between the Church and Chapel" in the village - just over a 100 yards from his home.
But Mayor Balique said the hamlet in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence had been "thoroughly searched by gendarmes", suggesting that the bones could have been moved back to Vernet.
A source close to the investigation told The Mail that such a move would add a very disturbing element to the investigation.
It would be unlikely that animals would return human remains, the source claimed.
Instead they said the discovery suggests that "a person brought Emile's remains back, and potentially very recently".
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