The disappearance of Tifain Veron in Japan. four years later, the investigation was declared closed

The investigating judge in the case of the disappearance of French tourist Thief Veron in Japan in 2018, which has not yet been clarified, has completed his investigation, we learned from the family’s lawyer on Sunday.shockfor his relatives who want to continue the investigation on their side.

The investigating judge in Poitiers, Ms. Veron’s hometown.notified the parties that he does not intend to carry out any additional actions in the context of the information (…), wants to close his information;Antoine Wei told me to AFP, confirming JDD’s information.

Before the end of the investigations, a period opens during which the parties can make observations or request investigative acts, until the demands of the prosecution and the final decision of the investigating judge. But the investigation for Damien Veron, the brother of the missing person.on the French side, everything is finished (…) we will have to carry out operations in Japan with private detectives on the spot, it will be a huge job.“.

The criminal hypothesishas never really been explored»

“It’s a shock. It is unclear. This opportunity for education in France, (…) was the only opportunity to reveal this story– he explained on behalf of the family, which had already called the former French gendarmerie, which had turned into the private sector, into service. Tifen Veron disappeared on July 29, 2018 in Nikko, a tourist town in northeastern Japan surrounded by hills and forests with famous shrines. Then the 36-year-old epileptic woman left her hotel for a walk, leaving behind her suitcase, passport and sightseeing itinerary.

Almost four years of on-site searches by his relatives turned up nothing, no more than judicial investigations from Poitiers and Japan, which led a team of French police to go there in May 2019. A few months ago, the investigating judge in turn refused to travel to Japan, a trip that supported the prosecution and tried;essentialby the family. This refusal was confirmed in December 2021 by the Investigative Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Poitiers.

“We are not suspended by the decision of this investigating judge, we simply say that it is a pity not to offer us the expertise of the French judge and his investigative powers;Commented Me Vey on Sunday. In this case, the family criticizes the Japanese police for the lack of resources allocated to the investigation, believing that witnesses were ignored and that the criminal trail was not seriously investigated.

“The Elysée Palace and the prosecutor’s office were on our side. We killed ourselves for four years to keep all the actors mobilized. We are disgusted. It is disrespectful to our workDamien Veron added about the end of the investigation. Tiffen Veron’s family also sought the help of the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, who raised the issue with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in the summer of 2021 during the Olympic Games in Tokyo.