France police find remains of toddler missing in the Alps

French investigators have found the remains of a toddler who went missing last year in an Alpine village and are working to determine how he died, a prosecutor said on Sunday.

Two-and-a-half-year-old Emile vanished on8th July last year while staying with his grandparents. The police were informed of the discovery of bones near the hamlet of Le Vernet. Emile disappeared the day after he arrived in the village to stay with his maternal grandparents for the holidays. The little boy was wearing a yellow T-shirt, white shorts and tiny hiking shoes, investigators said at the time. A massive search involving police, soldiers, sniffer dogs, a helicopter and drones failed to find any sign.