PARIS: When 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux realized a photo of him at the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist had drawn millions of views, his first instinct was not to rush online and unmask himself. Quite the opposite. A fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot who lives with his parents and grandfather in Rambouillet, 30 kilometers from Paris, Pedro decided to play along with the world’s suspense. As theories swirled about the sharply dressed stranger in the “Fedora Man” shot – detective, insider, AI fake – he decided to stay silent and watch.

PARIS: When 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux realized a photo of him at the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist had drawn millions of views, his first instinct was…

The mystery youth in the photo turns out to be Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux, a 15-year-old detective fan.