{ UNUSUAL DETECTIVE FOR UNUSUAL CRIME } 'Mystery detective' in Louvre heist pic is 15-yr-old who loves whodunits

When 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux realised an AP 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.

- Associated Press

Quite the opposite. A fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot who lives with his parents and grandfather in Rambouillet, 30km from Paris, Pedro decided to play along with the world’s suspense. As theories swirled about the sharply dressed stranger, he decided to wait and watch. “I didn’t want to immediately say it was me. I wanted to make the mystery last,” he said.

For his only in-person interview since that snap turned him famous, he appeared for the AP cameras at his home much as he did that Sunday: ina fedora hat, Yves Saint Laurent waistcoat borrowed from his father, jacket chosen by his mother, neat tie, Tommy Hilfiger trousers and a war-battered Russian watch.