The 78-year-old man suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, who has been missing since last Monday, has still not been found, according to a source close to the case. “The investigation continues into a worrying disappearance,” specifies the same source.
Michel Dhuicq had left his home in Machemontnear Compiègne, in Oise, this Monday October 21, around 6:30 p.m. Significant resources were deployed based on testimonies collected by the gendarmes responsible for the investigation: on Tuesday, a helicopter patrolled and on Thursday, divers probed watercourses. Without success so far.
According to his daughter, Michel Dhuicq left his home and went down rue du Cavan, in Machemont, to arrive at departmental road 15. This is where his family lost track of him. “It could be within a 20 km radius of Machemont,” she supposes. She specifies that her father left without a phone or money on him.
The man had already run away
“I went to see him at 5:30 p.m., he hadn’t eaten at lunch. He kept telling me he wanted to go to a wedding. I went back up at 7:40 p.m. to see him and I saw his cat outside crying. I enter the house, the dining room is empty. I went to the basement. I saw her slippers on the floor and that her brown boots were missing. I called my son to watch the camera footage. »
The day before his disappearance, his father had already run away and joined his niece living four minutes from his home. “We made the decision to lock the entrance gate and put a padlock in mid-September. » Despite the closure, Michel Dhuicq found a way to climb over a gate on the side of the garden, as he did the day before his disappearance.
“He didn’t realize it. At 5:30 p.m. when I left him and he took me home, I remember saying to him: You know if we don’t let you out it’s because it’s too dangerous for you. » But the man had a hard time living in confinement. “We no longer held him,” she adds. I remember telling the police that he was drunk on freedom. »
His most important escape was on September 20. The man was finally found at the entrance to Ribécourt-Dreslincourt, a little less than 5 km away.
At the time of his disappearance, described as worrying, this Caucasian man, measuring 1m65 and with gray hair, was wearing glasses, blue jeans with hems at the ankles, a light gray jacket, a dark gray shirt and shoes. brown town. His outfit was notably able to be clarified thanks to images from a video surveillance camera.
People who may have information that could positively guide the ongoing investigation are invited to contact the Choisy-au-Bac gendarmerie at the following number: 03.44.85.42.17.