Louvre’s ‘mystery detective’ is a suburban teen, not a Paris sleuth
Written by stingfm on November 10, 2025
The mystery surrounding a photo of a dapperly dressed young man, presumed to be a detective, taken in front of the Louvre in Paris just after thieves ran off with millions in jewels, has been solved.
He is a 15-year-old from a Parisian suburb who had nothing to do with the investigation and was just trying to visit the world-famous museum with his mother that day, according to recent reports by German news magazine Der Spiegel and Associated Press, the news agency that took the photo.
The man,…
He is a 15-year-old from a Parisian suburb who had nothing to do with the investigation and was just trying to visit the world-famous museum with his mother that day, according to recent reports by German news magazine Der Spiegel and Associated Press, the news agency that took the photo.
The man,…