The emergency services, mobilized in vain since Saturday, had suspended research the day before.
Around 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday, August 5, a body was drafted by the sea, in the sector of Gravelles (North). The information was confirmed by the SDIS 59 with BFM Grand Lilleafter fishermen alerted the emergency services. Firefighters and police quickly went there, despite a Difficult to access area.
The victim has not yet formally identifiedbut it could be the13 year old child Disappeared since Saturday August 2. Two brothers left that day Fishing off Gravelineson the pier of oysters, accompanied by their children aged 11 to 13. They played on a small pneumatic boat When he capsized, precipitating the three children in the water.
Disturbing disappearance of a child carried away by the current … The research will not resume to find the gone boy after a fishing game https://t.co/gqig2t0klu via @lindependant
– The independent (@Lindépendant) August 3, 2025
Research that has remained without result
Two of them managed to join the land and alert the emergency services, indicating that their 13 -year -old cousin was missing, swept away by the current. Despite the rapid intervention of rescue – land, maritime and air – research has remained in vain.
The next day, the authorities announced the stopping of research operations.