97 hectares of land around the village were searched, all its inhabitants, people
present at the time of the events
and even more , were questioned, the houses of the hamlet and cars were also explored, in vain.
Now, the investigations have entered a new phase. Excavations have given way to analysis: a long-term task that requires time. Also,
the investigation switched Tuesday under the system of judicial information .
Perhaps even worse, in this case, the investigators have no
track whether it is the kidnapping, the accident with concealment of the body or
the animal attack . "
No track is privileged and no hypothesis is excluded ", summed up the situation in these words the public prosecutor of Digne-les-Bains.
But since Sunday, against all odds,
new searches , with
drones and
dogs specializing in the search for human remains, have been launched in
Haut-Vernet . A new wave of investigations which
disturbs the daily life of the inhabitants of this hamlet which tries, somehow, to regain its serenity of yesteryear.
"The drone at night is infernal," fulminates Pauline (the first name has been changed) who was awakened at one o'clock in the morning by the buzzing of the device.
Cette nouvelle vague d'investigations devrait durer jusqu'à samedi.
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