Little Emile's maternal grandfather is cooperating "totally" with the investigators, according to his lawyer, Isabelle Colombani, who said that "in this type of case, given the charges, an extension (of police custody) is almost automatic," as she arrived at the Marseille gendarmerie for the resumption of hearings. Philippe Vedovini has been detained with his wife, Anne, and two of their adult children since Tuesday in connection with the death of Emile Soleil, who went missing from his grandparents' remote home between Aix-en-Provence and Aubagne in July 2023. No trace of the two-year-old was found until the end of March last year when a hiker in the mountainous area came across the skull and teeth of a child some 1.7 kilometres (one mile) from their home. COMPLETES VIDI37WX8ZP_EN IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES