Search for toddler missing in French Alps called off

Inquiry into disappearance of boy, 2, who went missing on Saturday will shift to evaluation of evidence already gathered'

A massive air and land search for a toddler missing for four days in a hamlet in the French Alps has been called off, with investigators saying the focus will now shift to the evaluation of evidence already gathered.

The two-year-old boy, named only as Emile, 2, was staying with his grandparents when he went missing on Saturday. He was last seen by two neighbours walking alone on a street of Haut Vernet, a tiny village of 25 inhabitants.