Mystery as skull of toddler who went missing eight months ago found near his grandparents’ home

The remains of a two-year-old boy were found just half a mile away from the family home from where he vanished eight months ago.

Emile Soleil, 2, disappeared from a family reunion at his grandparents’ house in Le Vernet – a small village in the Alpes-des-Haute-Provence with around 125 residents– on 8 July last year, sparking a huge manhunt involving drones, sniffer dogs and helicopters.

Ramblers in the on Saturday discovered bones belonging to the close to the isolated property. Lead prosecutor Rémy Avon, who is heading