Overview
- Authorities recovered a child’s body on March 19 near a lock in Créteil after a local resident alerted firefighters.
- Prosecutors said the clothing on the body matched what Madoua was wearing, and confirmation of identity awaits DNA analysis.
- Madoua, an autistic, non-verbal four-year-old, disappeared on February 25 from a playground along the Marne in Neuilly-Plaisance.
- The parents were informed at the Neuilly-sur-Marne police station in the presence of a psychologist, according to the Bobigny prosecutor’s office.
- A judicial investigation into the cause of death is underway after weeks of searches spanning 34 kilometers with divers, dogs, drones, helicopters, and volunteers, whose ground efforts paused on March 6 following review of surveillance footage.