Greece Greece - French female tourist, 73, Sikinos, 14 Jun 2024

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Here is an article on Françoise Boutteaux, age 73.
France Bleu News François Boutteaux missing on Sikinos

 

[Herat]

Here is an article on Françoise Boutteaux, age 73.
France Bleu News François Boutteaux missing on Sikinos

Very nicely written article. Her son sounds very appropriate, and is respectful of both French and Greek authorities.

He says the search is concentrated in the southern end of the island and terrain is very steep and treacherous. Most likely a fall, one of them after the other.

""In a corner of my mind, I tell myself that I will see my mother alive again ," concludes Frédéric Gille. "But the Cartesian in me has a hard time resolving to anything other than she is no longer alive."

 

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Very nicely written article. Her son sounds very appropriate

Yes - some original reporting. Most news stories on those missing in Greece are rehashing the same information over and over again. An accident involving both women is a very good theory.

 

[StillDiggin]

Quinze jours après la disparition de deux Françaises en Grèce, des éléments troublants interrogent

Quinze jours après la disparition de deux randonneuses françaises sur la petite île de Sikinos en Grèce, leurs familles et amis s’inquiètent et s’interrogent. Depuis le 12 juin dernier, Marie-Pierre Arfel et Françoise Boutteaux, âgées de 64 et 73 ans n’ont plus donné signe de vie ou presque...

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There are no trees, it's very low vegetation. How can we not find two missing people at the same time? We don't understand", laments Laurine, a friend of Marie-Pierre in designating the place of his disappearance. What remains even more disturbing for loved ones are the calls and photos sent by Françoise two days after disappearing.
So the 12th seems to be the missing date.
The two women had met the day before and decided to walk together. They set off on a five-hour walk, without any particular difficulty for these seasoned hikers, and the weather was not even scorching on June 12, the day of their disappearance on the island of Sikinos, in Greece.

There also seams a delay on when the hotelier raised the alarm .

Calls to the hotelierLaurine tries to cross-check the little information she was able to obtain, two days after their disappearance on Friday, Françoise's cell phone calls her hotelier several times at 6 a.m. The latter only responded two hours later. An exchange with the hotel reception ensued: “He said he didn’t understand what she said, that she only spoke French. But she sent back a photo of herself, lying on the ground, marking “ I fell", and she writes that in English. Putting it all together, we don't understand. Especially since the alert from the hotelier was not given at eight o'clock in the morning following for exchanges, but in the evening."

 

[Herat]

Video, in French, about the two women missing. Lots of photos, and some photos of Sikinos.

No text for me to translate so I can't get much info out of it. Perhaps someone with better French skills could give it a try.

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In the first video, Marie-Pierre Arfel's niece claims to be unable to contact either the consul or the commissioner in charge of the investigation. At the start of the video, the journalist states that the 2 French women did not know each other. He said they were experienced hikers. The son of Françoise Bouuteaux specifies that his mother would never have ventured onto a ridge line and that she would have stayed on the marked trails because she was cautious.

 

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For those interested, there is a thread here about people going missing in Greece who are not tourists.

 

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On Françoise Boutteaux's Linkedin page, it is indicated that she has skills in Greek and English languages.

 

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Justine Michaux, Marie-Pierre Arfel's niece, herself declared that she was thinking of entrusting her aunt's disappearance to a private detective, but as she does not know anyone in Greece, she would prefer to contact a lawyer.
Εξαφάνιση δύο Γαλλίδων στη Σίκινο: Οι οικογένειές τους δεν έχουν καμία ενημέρωση για την πορεία των ερευνών | LiFO

 

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Without news of Marie-Pierre Arfel, resident from Gassin, missing on the island of Sikinos, in Greece, since Wednesday June 12, 2024, the relatives decided to launch a fund to finance the services of a lawyer or a private detective.

Disparition de la Varoise Marie-Pierre Arfel en Grèce: les proches lancent une cagnotte pour recruter un avocat et un détective privé

 

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Kagnotte - pour-notre-marie-pierre

 

[Occam's Zebra]

In the first video, Marie-Pierre Arfel's niece claims to be unable to contact either the consul or the commissioner in charge of the investigation. At the start of the video, the journalist states that the 2 French women did not know each other. He said they were experienced hikers. The son of Françoise Bouuteaux specifies that his mother would never have ventured onto a ridge line and that she would have stayed on the marked trails because she was cautious.

Perhaps she was cautious about some things but less cautious when hiking. We don't know our family members as well as we think we do. How many times have we heard "He/she would never do X" from family members and then evidence shows that he/she did, in fact, do X.

 

[RickshawFan]

For those interested, there is a thread here about people going missing in Greece who are not tourists.

Those are typical “missings”, likely a mix of dementia, suicide, slick roads, alcohol, car driving off cliff, and they aren’t summer events. Same as in the US.

 

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https://fr.linkedin.com/in/fran%C3%A7oise-boutteaux-54b665104

On Françoise Boutteaux's "Linkedin", it is specified that she has general professional skills in English.
Françoise Bouuteaux has higher education diplomas and worked in highly responsible professions during her professional life. So when the hotelier tells us that they couldn't communicate in English because she didn't speak English, that's weird. Moreover, she would not have made any spelling mistakes to write “I fell”.

 

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Marie-Pierre Arfel's niece says she has not heard from her aunt since the evening of Tuesday June 11. They called each other regularly because Marie-Pierre Arfel is like a second mother to Justine Michaux.
The question is: what happened during the day of Wednesday June 12?
Who are the witnesses who saw the two French women go hiking together on Wednesday June 12?
What are the concrete elements certifying that these two disappearances are linked?

 

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Françoise Boutteaux is described as a seasoned hiker who went to Greece every year, at this time of year. According to those close to her, she could walk 10 to 12 km in the morning, for 3 hours.

DOSSIER. Mystérieuse disparition de deux touristes françaises en Grèce : le cri d’alarme des familles des disparues
We can therefore think that, if Françoise is used to traveling to Greece, she has some skills in the Greek language. This contradicts the hotelier's words.

 

[Tower]

This case is very strange. My cell phone would probably not hold a charge long enough to send photos and texts 48 hours after setting out. I might have that timeline wrong, but it seems they possibly left early Wed 6/12 and didn’t text until early Fri 6/14? I thought this was misadventure, but I wonder now if they were robbed and harmed?

 

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Disparition de deux touristes françaises en Grèce : deux mois après, l'une des familles donne des détails sur l'enquête

A search notice was launched to find the couple from Montpellier, whom Marie-Pierre Arfel met two days before her disappearance.

 

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This case is very strange. My cell phone would probably not hold a charge long enough to send photos and texts 48 hours after setting out. I might have that timeline wrong, but it seems they possibly left early Wed 6/12 and didn’t text until early Fri 6/14? I thought this was misadventure, but I wonder now if they were robbed and harmed?

I wonder if the family has proof that Françoise and Marie-Pierre actually went hiking together on Wednesday morning.

The families filed two complaints, including one for “kidnapping and sequestration” at the Draguignan judicial court.

 

[StillDiggin]

Varoise disparue en Grèce: deux mois après, les proches de Marie-Pierre Arfel ont "peu d'espoir"

Marie-Pierre Arfel reste introuvable après sa disparition le 12 juin dernieren Grèce. Ses proches, toujours sans nouvelles, essayent de garder espoir, malgré les investigations qui piétinent.

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Despite these contacts, Marie-Pierre's family and friends only have access to bits of information. "Last Thursday, the Quai d'Orsay simply explained to us the investigation procedures in Greece. We know that eight police officers from Sikinos and Santorini were mobilized," the missing woman's niece told Var-Matin. Eager to take matters into their own hands, the relatives were able to count on the Antred association, which posted search notices in French, English and Greek on social networks.

Faced with this lack of feedback on the progress of the investigations, Marie-Pierre Arfel's niece decided last July to file a complaint for "kidnapping and sequestration" with the Draguignan prosecutor's office and the public prosecutor's office in Bordeaux, where the Varoise's family lives. "We have not had a response regarding this complaint, but the delay can be up to three months," the niece said.

In parallel with these legal steps, Marie-Pierre Arfel's family wants to hire a private detective and two lawyers, working in Greece and France respectively.

"We would like to be able to bring her back"

The counsel present on site will be able to help relatives repatriate Marie-Pierre Arfel's personal effects. With this, they hope to be able to "identify a piece of jewelry, an item of clothing, a missing accessory (...) that could constitute a clue", indicates Justine Michaux.

Faced with the opacity of the investigations, some of Marie-Pierre's relatives want to obtain as much information as possible to find the tourist. Laurie Delmas, a friend of the Varoise, is particularly trying to find a couple from Montpellier who may have crossed paths with the hiker a few days before her disappearance. "She had told them about the route she was planning to take in Greece, but we don't know anything more", she indicates.