Emile Soleil’s remains were MOVED just before they were found, cops say as they reveal injuries after grandparents freed

EMILE Soleil's remains were moved just before officials found the two-year-old's body, prosecutors have confirmed today.

French investigators said in a press conference "the clothes and bones discovered were transported and deposited shortly before their discovery".

Emile was found dead in the French Alps over eight months after he first disappeared on July 8, 2023.

The tot was staying at his grandparents' isolated holiday home in the Alpine hamlet of Haut-Vernet, south of Grenoble.

His remains, including a fractured skull, were found nearby in March 2024 following desperate daily searches.

Public prosecutor Jean-Luc Blachon revealed at a press conference today that officials are now looking into a potential third party being involved.

He confirmed Emile's body didn't decompose in the clothes he was found in and that his remains were moved before a local found them in the forest.

Blachon said: "These elements allow us to consider that the body did not remain in the same place and in the same biotope during the decomposition process."

He also said investigations on Emile's skull found he suffered "violent facial trauma".

This now "introduces the probability of the intervention of a third party", Blachon said.

Ever since the tragic discovery of a body, police have been looking into if Emile was possibly murdered and who may be responsible for his death.

Emile's grandparents Philippe and Anne Vedovini, both 59, were quizzed by cops for 17 hours.

The Vedovinsis were arrested in dawn raids along with two of their adult children, identified as Emile’s aunt and uncle.

All faced charges of "intentional homicide" and "concealing a corpse", a statement released by Aix-en-Provence prosecutors said.

But all four have since been released from custody.

Another shocking twist recently hit this case after Father Claude Gilliot, who baptised the two-year-old, allegedly died by suicide and left a chilling suicide note.

Emile's case shocked the world when the child vanished in July 2023 from his grandparents' home where he had been staying.

Also at the house were six of Philippe and Anne's ten children - but not Emile's parents.

For days, police, soldiers, sniffer dogs, scores of volunteers, a helicopter and drones failed to find any sign of the boy.

Over eight months later, Emile's remains were discovered by a rambler - marking a major breakthrough for the case.

The remains were found about a 25-minute away from the French hamlet of Haut-Vernet where Emile was last seen.