French gendarmes guard the entrance to a tiny village in the Alps after the remains of a toddler -- who went missing from Haut-Vernet last summer -- were found by a hiker. The small settlement of 25 inhabitants at an altitude of around 1,200 metres (4,000 feet) has been cordoned off as investigators bid to define the circumstances of young boy's death. IMAGES (COMPLETES VIDI34N662Y_EN)