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Police release sketch of subject seen with missing French citizens

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The Judicial Investigation Police released a sketch of a subject seen accompanying two French citizens hours before their March disappearance on Monday. Gérard and Claude Dubois disappeared on March 31 in Quepos, Puntarenas on the central Pacific coast.

Anyone with information on this individual’s identity can anonymously contact the Judicial Investigation Police at 800-8000-645.

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