Lusdescendente girl of 9 years is missing in France
France
AUGUST 28, 2017
4:30 P.M.
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Alert was given on Sunday morning. Maëlys disappeared on Saturday during a wedding
Maëlys de Araújo, a 9-year-old girl, disappeared on Saturday evening in Pont-de-Beauvoisin, France, during a wedding party.
The girl's disappearance alert, which the last time she was dressed she wore a white dress, was given Sunday morning. Authorities have already opened an investigation and used social networks to alert and ask for information on Maëlys' whereabouts.
http://www.dn.pt/mundo/interior/menina-lusodescendente-de-9-anos-esta-desaparecida-em-franca-8733162.html?utm_source=Push&utm_medium=Web
Lusdescendente girl of 9 years is missing in France
France
AUGUST 28, 2017
4:30 P.M.
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Alert was given on Sunday morning. Maëlys disappeared on Saturday during a wedding
Maëlys de Araújo, a 9-year-old girl, disappeared on Saturday evening in Pont-de-Beauvoisin, France, during a wedding party.
The girl's disappearance alert, which the last time she was dressed she wore a white dress, was given Sunday morning. Authorities have already opened an investigation and used social networks to alert and ask for information on Maëlys' whereabouts.
http://www.dn.pt/mundo/interior/menina-lusodescendente-de-9-anos-esta-desaparecida-em-franca-8733162.html?utm_source=Push&utm_medium=Web
Girl of Portuguese origin missing in France
French authorities do not rule out a 9-year-old abduction of Maelys de Araújo. Secretariat of State is monitoring the situation.
PUBLIC August 28, 2017, 5:22 PM
Maelys de Araújo, 9, has been missing since Saturday night in the French region of Pont-de-Beauvoisin, the Jornal de Notícias adds, adding that authorities have not yet ruled out abduction and that searches have been under way since Which was given the alert.
To PÚBLICO, the Secretary of State of the Communities said that he is monitoring the situation and that he has already requested information from the Portuguese consulate in Lyon.
The French police also used social networks to inquire about the whereabouts of the child of Portuguese origin, revealing that Maeyls disappeared on Saturday night during a wedding party and that at that time she wore a white sleeveless dress.
https://www.publico.pt/2017/08/28/sociedade/noticia/menina-de-origem-portuguesa-desaparecida-em-franca-1783642
It seems to be standard practice to contact the consular authorities when a child goes missing on foreign soil.
Just as it appears to be standard practice for newspapers to carry reader comment criticising the parent. As well as taking it to facebook to let off some steam.
At the moment these are outweighed by positive and supportive comment ... I just hope Maeyls is recovered safe and well very soon ... or we may witness history repeating itself.
It is so easy to kick people when they are down.
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Manuel Freitas commented on an article.
12 hrs ·
After reading the news in question; About the disappearance of a child, it seems to me that there was a lot of distraction and irresponsibility of the Relatives, because it was on Saturday night and only went to inform the Authorities on Sunday, it seems to me that they first paid more attention to the Feast than to the child . Manuel Freitas
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Rosa Alexandre Moreira ·
"The alert was given on Sunday morning." The alert was given by the authorities in particular by the police not by the parents ... When a child or adult disappears in France the authorities alert the media as soon as possible to send photos / information about the missing person in order to alert the population and obtain Information or witnesses. So stop blaming parents, in this case the mother, who poor thing must be suffering horrors with the disappearance of the daughter ...
http://www.jn.pt/nacional/interior/lusodescendente-de-9-anos-desaparecida-desde-sabado-em-franca-8733074.html
Two suspects freed after French girl Maelys de Araujo disappears from wedding in French Alps
SEPTEMBER 3, 20172:46AM
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Volunteers split into groups to search the forest where nine-year-old Maelys de Araujo disappeared. Picture: AFP/Philippe DesmazesSource:AFP
A FRENCH prosecutor has opened a formal kidnapping investigation in the disappearance of a nine-year-old girl who went missing from a wedding celebration in the Alps last weekend.
Maelys de Araujo was last seen in the early hours of Sunday at a community hall where the wedding was held in Pont-de-Beauvoisin, a village 50 kilometres north of Grenoble.
Grenoble deputy prosecutor Laurent Becuywe said on Saturday that no leads would be cast aside in the investigation, including the possibility that the girl was a victim of an accident.
Two men, both 34, were released without charges on Friday night after being questioned, he said. They were detained on Thursday and Friday.
Investigators sought explanation from the men on “some elements,” he said. “As things stand, it was decided these elements were not enough to justify charges”. He declined to elaborate.
Mr Becuywe said police have questioned more than 200 potential witnesses and carried out about 40 house searches in recent days.
“The absolute priority is to find the young Maelys”, he added.
Until Saturday, the girl’s disappearance was subject to a preliminary investigation. The formal investigation has two judges assigned to the case.
Scores of police, search and rescue teams, divers and cavers have spent the week trawling through the heavily wooded area for signs of her.
On Saturday morning, more than 1200 people were expected to participate in a “citizens’ search” for signs of the girl’s whereabouts, a private initiative organised via social media networks, and co-ordinated by about 15 gendarmes.
A first group of about 400 volunteers braved heavy rain to gather at a parking lot at the local high school at 8am local time, before donning yellow safety vests and splitting up into groups to search the surrounding forest.
“We’re here for her, to find her,” said a person close to Maelys’s family who was taking part. “We’re still hoping to find her safe and sound.”
“It’s really horrible ... we cannot remain indifferent. We have come here for a family facing a shameful situation,” said Frederic, a volunteer who had come with his wife to help trace the girl.
The volunteer teams were expected to relay each other throughout the day, and a hotline has been set up to signal any clues, though police underscored that the areas had already been examined.
Police have interviewed about 250 people since Sunday, including most of the 180 guests at the wedding, as well as several others who attended parties held the same night at a nearby bar and church hall.
Police also requisitioned photos and videos taken by wedding guests to look for any unusual activity.
Sniffer dogs lost the scent from Maelys’s cuddly toy in a car park outside the venue, raising fears she was kidnapped and whisked away by car.
“We’re getting farther and farther away from the site of the disappearance,” a source close to the inquiry told AFP.
“We still think that she was probably taken away in a vehicle.”
Police chief Yves Marzin said authorities are also examining photos and videos taken that day, as well as all calls to the area.
“It is like looking for a needle in a haystack, extremely tedious work but important,” he said.
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/two-suspects-freed-after-french-girl-maelys-de-araujo-disappears-from-wedding-in-french-alps/news-story/46a6f885686c0cb5832f69721ad4aa5e