I don't know if I'm going to get thanked for summarizing this new article - I found it a little infuriating, at some points. One of the worst things I think, is that while her attorney appeals for people not to give up, Cecile appears to be giving up the search herself. She is packing up and moving to Perpignan -out of the Clermont Ferrand LE jurisdiction.
She is complaining about feeling abandoned, and also still complaining about the FB pages and vigils she got shut down?? Anyway, here goes with a summary;
Oh, and one more point; There is only one person in authority, Pierre Sennes, authorized to speak about Fiona's case. He is absent though. It's August, and everyone knows the whole of France goes on vacation in August. It seems a bit unfortunate that Cecile and her lawyer chose to speak when authorities were not able to comment too.
Police say their total enquiries have not revealed anything concrete, despite all the witness statements. Cecile's lawyer says they are practically back at the starting point, despite 6 or 7 people being interviewed by police.
The article states Fiona vanished around 5pm from the 25 hectare park, while Mom snoozed for 20 minutes. (my note* it seems very lucky Cecile must have looked at her watch before accidentally falling asleep, and again when she woke).
Cecile feels she has been 'abandoned', and in a recent interview said she didn't think authorities would reduce the number of police on the case so quickly. Her lawyer says he can't accuse the authorites of not working on the case, because the enquiry team have done a 'remarkable job'.
Re the child witness who 'saw' a strange man leaving the park on the day Fiona disappeared; it is reported as an 'indirect statement' (so just via the father?)
and also came two months after Fiona's disappearance.
In June, a woman claimed to have seen Fiona on a beach in Perpignan, where her maternal grandma lives, Cecile's lawyer says. He also says the family circle has been examined with a 'fine toothcomb', as well as a 34-year-old Algerian ex-boyfriend. Cecile had filed a rape and forcible imprisonment complaint against him a year earlier. Unsuccessfully, the article says. Cecile's attorney adds he shares her theory that Fiona was abducted by a stranger unconnected to the family.
Cecile is due to give birth to her third child at the end of August. Her attorney says;
"She is remarkable in dignity and courage even if she has some days of despair."
The article quotes another recent interview with Cecile in La Montagne, where she said she is upset by the 'abuse' of support groups created "when we have NOT asked for them". It says she is referring to the vigils and FB pages that were created.
Bio-dad, stepdad (and father of the expected new baby) and Cecile have all filed suits to gain access to the investigation file as civil parties. It's not clear to me if that means they will have complete access to everything investigators are doing. Seems crazy to me if they can.
Cecile's attorney says his client "Wants to get closer to her mother and is preparing to move to Perpignan." Cecile has been interviewed several times, and the psychologist's report from the interview Cecile was asked to undergo, is expected 'in the next few days'. (Written August 13).
The attorney appealed for people not to give up: "The worst thing in an affair of this nature is people forgetting".
The article adds the the trail of the accident (??) quickly disappeared after fruitless and extensive searches of the 25 hectare park, and that an abduction alert could not be issued for little Fiona 'in the absence of a concrete witness'. Clermont Ferrand authorities opened a judicial investigation for abduction and kidnapping May 14.
I have a couple of thoughts;
1) If mom Cecile's attorney really wants people 'not to forget', he should advise his client to stop calling vigils held for the child 'abuse'. And to stay in Clermont Ferrand where her daughter disappeared, to maintain Fiona's missing status and help search for her.
2) It still confounds me that authorities waited two whole days with a five-year-old missing, before issuing any kind of abduction alert. Because they didn't have a 'concrete witness'. That kind of policy sounds like a child abductor's dream come true to me.
And there haven't been any media articles recently so.....people are supposed to just forget about Fiona I suppose, and sit back and wait until police find her.
