French gendarmes search a forest for the missing girl. Authorities searching for a nine-year-old girl who went missing from a wedding in the French Alps plan to scale back their efforts, having found no sign of her since her disappearance last month, a source close to the inquiry said Tuesday. The suspect has denied any wrongdoing, saying Maelys briefly got into his car with another child and later returned to the wedding party. Sniffer dogs lost her scent in the car park outside the wedding venue, raising fears she was kidnapped and whisked away by car. Scores of police search and rescue teams, divers and cavers have combed the area for signs of her, while officers questioned all the wedding guests.

Source: The Local September 12, 2017 20:15 UTC