For five days, dozens of police officers in France were searching for a missing infant who ... never existed - in fact, he was only a profile in his virtual world Facebook.
The case, unprecedented in police history, unfolded in region Ayers, in Auvergne, central France.
Last Saturday, local police began searching for a two-year-old infant named Seasonin Bazinio after a complaint received from a "relative" that the child had mysteriously disappeared in a supermarket's car park.
The local prosecutor ordered an urgent research for aptreatment: the police began to "comb" the area, while even police divers were recruited who searched a neighboring lake, fearing that the child could have drowned.
As the days passed without any trace of the boy, the police decided to inform the parents that they could not find their child.
Something perfectly reasonable, since Season Bazinio has never been - so are his parents. These faces were only Facebook profiles, which had created a person unknown for now.
Photo by false two-year-old's Facebook account
In addition to the bill created in the name of the fantastic two-year-old, the police found on Facebook photos of 20 his "father", named Rajan Bazinio, a person also fantastic.
"Research has been long and complicated, but we can now say with certainty that the child does not exist, as does his father and mother," said Prosecutor Erik Mazo.
"The search for kidnapping has obviously been turned into research to report an imaginary crime or offense," he said.
The boy's "disappearance" was reported last Saturday by a woman who was portrayed as his aunt. She told policemen she had last seen the child last week near a supermarket and believed she was kidnapped. He added that his parents have separated and did not know where they are.
The police began to suspect that something was wrong after they found inconsistencies in the "aunt's" statement. The woman is in custody and is facing a prison sentence of up to six months and a fine of EUR 7.500.
Police said they are still investigating the "aunt "'s teenage daughter and one of her cousins - both minors - who are believed to have created the fake Facebook account several months ago, posting photos stolen from other accounts.
