The search continues this Monday, December 2 to find Morgane Rivoal, 13 years old, missing for a week.
Morgane Rivoal, aged 13, is still nowhere to be found. Since November 25, numerous gendarmes, accompanied by a helicopter and a tracking dog, have been requisitioned to find the trace of the teenager, who disappeared last Monday. Friday, November 29, a large-scale search was organized to find her. Accompanied by around twenty gendarmes and volunteers, nearly 800 people were mobilized in Côtes-d’Armor, looking for any clue relating to his disappearance. Investigators worked in a search area between the Pro Park de l’En avant Guingamp in Pabu and the Albert Camus college in Graces, where the 13-year-old girl attends school. During the weekend, 50 gendarmes continued to patrol to try to find his trail, without result. This Monday, December 2, it has been just a week since she went missing.
A police control operation was deployed at 7 a.m. in the Rucaër area, in Pabu. Investigators want to question people who regularly pass through this area, but who have not yet spoken to the police. They could provide some information. The public prosecutor is giving a press conference to take stock of the investigation this Monday afternoon.
“She said goodbye to them as usual”
Of average build, Morgane Rivoal, 13 years old, measures 1.54 meters. Her hair is long, wavy and brown. His blue/green eyes. The young girl was wearing a pink EastPak backpack at the time of her disappearance on Monday, November 25. She vanished on her way to the Albert Camus college in Graces, where she studies. In principle, the young girl went on foot, then by bus to school from the family home located in the town of Pabu, a few kilometers north of Guingamp. Having left at 7:15 a.m., she never arrived there that day. “Her parents did not see her leave, busy getting ready, but she said goodbye to them as usual,” said the prosecutor.
At the same time, an investigation into a worrying disappearance was opened under the direction of the Saint-Brieuc public prosecutor’s office. The investigations were entrusted to the research brigade of the Guingamp gendarmerie company. As of Monday, the gendarmes hastened to broadcast a call for witnesses on social networks. According to prosecutor Nicolas Heitz, a dispute with his parents arose during the weekend which preceded his disappearance, particularly over the use of social networks. During “a heated discussion”, “her father allegedly broke his daughter’s mobile phone and took her SIM card”, he explained. According to the testimony of a friend of the teenager, the latter “was able to indicate on social networks that she would not come to class on Monday”. Sunday afternoon, Morgane stayed with her brothers and sisters in the family home while her father worked until the evening, outside the home. Even if her parents affirm that the teenager had never run away until now, for the gendarmerie forces, this hypothesis is undoubtedly the most probable.
2:50 p.m. – Morgane’s parents in turmoil
This Friday, November 29, on France 3 Bretagne, Morgane’s parents spoke about the rumors concerning them since the disappearance of their daughter: “Social networks were the subject of our argument. Today, on these networks, some tell us that we found our daughter, it’s false On these same networks, they also say that we were violent with our daughter, it’s false, says Aurore Rivoal We took her away. phone, it was broken, but we never used violence on our daughter. Let me be clear: it was an argument, like we’ve had before. All these rumors hurt us.”
11:54 – “Numerous human and technical resources” engaged
According to the public prosecutor, “numerous human and technical resources were immediately deployed by the gendarmerie soldiers under the direction of the Saint-Brieuc public prosecutor’s office”. The investigation is in fact led by the research brigade of the Guingamp gendarmerie company and reinforced by soldiers from the Rennes research section. These teams are also joined by a helicopter and a tracking dog.
11:38 – Searches still unsuccessful
For a week, the gendarmes have been carrying out research to find the trace of Morgane Rivoal. With this in mind, the cell phone she left at home was examined by investigators, as well as her social networks. They also inspected the empty buildings around the family home, looking for any information on the 13-year-old girl. Although certain elements of circumstances may have been added to the file, the gendarmerie group led by Stéphane Privat currently has no certainty about the reasons for his disappearance. At 4 p.m. this Monday, the colonel will accompany prosecutor Nicolas Heitz during his press conference.
11:15 – The mayor of Pabu hopes that Morgane will be “found alive”
Pierre Salliou, the mayor of Pabu, spoke this Sunday on franceinfo about the disappearance of Morgane Rivoal: “There is a lot, a lot of concern and a deep feeling of solidarity”. Even if the councilor hopes that Morgane will be “found alive”, he cannot deny his dismay: “The more the days pass, the more powerless we feel”.
On November 28, nearly 800 people gathered to find the teenager. Since then, the search has continued, with the establishment, this Monday, of a gendarme control operation from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., in the Rucaër area, in Pabu, at the place where Morgane was to take a bus to reach his college. For investigators, the objective is to gather as much information as possible from people who would not have come spontaneously to the gendarmerie.
10:51 – The prosecutor will speak at 4 p.m. this Monday
After a week without any sign of life from Morgane Rivoal, the public prosecutor of Saint-Brieuc, Nicolas Heitz, will hold a press conference this Monday, December 2, at 4 p.m., to take stock of the investigation opened for ” disturbing disappearance.