Overview
- The national gendarmerie has issued a public witness appeal and opened a toll‑free tip line, 0 800 877 668, to gather information.
- A judicial investigation for murder and child abduction has been placed with an investigating judge since April 7 after the mother and her toddler disappeared near Nantes.
- Prosecutors say evidence points to the mother’s killing, with the 41‑year‑old partner the main suspect after he flew from Nantes to Algeria with the child on April 2.
- Relatives alerted police on April 3, prompting searches with drones, a helicopter, divers, dog teams and about 100 officers, yet no body has been found and the child’s location is still unknown.
- Investigators report the suspect called a few people after leaving France, and authorities are pursuing international judicial steps to seek help from Algeria to find the child and question the father.