Volunteer Searches End as Surveillance Review Shifts Madoua Case to River Recovery

Overview

• The Bobigny prosecutor said enhanced CCTV does not capture a fall but shows the body of a child in blue drifting, with nautical searches continuing to find Madoua.
• The family was informed of the footage Thursday night by the Brigade for the Protection of Minors with psychological support present.
• Overnight, the volunteer collective announced that video appeared to show a fall into the river, then suspended citizen searches and urged sharing only official updates.
• Police, firefighters and the river brigade remain deployed across roughly 34 kilometers with boats, divers, sonar, drones and aerial overflights.
• The minors’ brigade was formally seized on March 2, a delay criticized by the parents’ lawyer, who also faulted the pace of video analysis; the child has not been recovered.