Antoine Herran was 28 years old when he left France for what was meant to be a 3 week vacation in Australia in April of 1998.  On the day he was supposed to return home,he reportedly jumped off The Gap, a series of towering cliffs near Sydney.

Authorities later recovered a body they believed to be his. However, when Antoine’s family arrived in Australia, they were stunned to find out the body did not belong to him.

This sparked a lot of speculation that Antoine orchestrated an elaborate plan 

to fake his own death. Despite no confirmed sightings or evidence of his whereabouts, his family continues to hold out hope that advances in DNA testing  might one day uncover the truth they’ve been searching for.

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Sources:

https://www.facebook.com/p/Where-is-Antoine-Herran-61557994267485/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8829143/French-tourist-Antoine-Herran-faked-death-stay-Australia-detective-claims.html

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases-int/3430dmnsw.html

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/strip-could-unlock-mystery/6184

https://www.reddit.com/r/brisbane/comments/1gholjl/what_happened_to_antoine_herran/

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/did-a-french-backpacker-fake-his-death-and-move-to-queensland-20241016-p5kixl.html

https://australianmissingpersonsregister.com/ampr/Herran.htm