A man has been detained by French police investigating the disappearance of a nine-year-old girl at a wedding party in the eastern region of Isère early on Sunday, reports say.
Maëlys de Araujo was last seen at 03:00 (01:00 GMT) in a children’s area at a hall in Pont-de-Beauvoisin. Police have searched for days but have failed to find a trace of her.
The man held had already been interviewed and gave inconsistent evidence, French media report.
One report described him as 24 years old. It remains unclear if he had been a guest at the wedding. The missing girl had gone to the wedding with her parents and elder sister as well as other members of her family.
The DJ raised the alarm when she was reported missing and the 180 guests tried to find her before police were called and a search began.
Police reinforcements were drafted in to help search the wooded area around the hall on Wednesday.
The search was continuing in driving rain on Thursday and a policeman told a French TV correspondent that the prospect of finding anything was becoming less and less likely.
