After the disappearance, on March 16, of a French couple on vacation on the island of Madeira, a second body was found this Friday, April 5, in the same area as the first, discovered the day before.
The research launched this Friday morning led to the discovery of a new body Madeira. Located in the same area as the body of a woman found Thursday April 4 by an English walker, it could correspond to that of Laurent Blond. He and his wife Véronique were from Tarn-et-Garonne. The couple has been missing since March 16. They had gone hiking on the Portuguese island on Saturday March 16, and had not given any sign of life since.
While the identities of the two bodies have not been confirmed by authorities, The Parisian specifies that they were found about twenty meters apart, near the family’s rental house.
99% chance it’s them
In Funchal, this Thursday, April 4, Luis Simoes, the regional commander of the Portuguese police, explained, in the columns of the French daily, that “the clothes, the shoes and the probable date of death mean that we are 95% sure , or even 99%, that it is the missing French tourist. The place where the first body was discovered “is an old path”, according to the spokesperson for the Portuguese police, relayed by Le Parisien. The poorly maintained path was, these days, very muddy due to the heavy rains which have fallen on the island for around ten days.
Laurent and Véronique Blond had gone on vacation with their youngest daughter, Johanna. Last week, the couple’s eldest daughter, Pauline, who had not accompanied them, had lost hope. “We have to face the facts, the chances are very slim of finding them alive,” she lamented at the microphone of BFMTV.
In France, investigations were carried out in the homes of bakers from Tarn-et-Garonne. They did not find any element likely to explain the disappearance of the couple. An investigation into a worrying disappearance was opened by the public prosecutor of Montauban and entrusted to the Castelsarrasin search brigade and the Beaumont-de-Lomagne gendarmerie.