The disappearance of Pauline Picard was the case of a missing Breton toddler in 1922.
Pauline Picard was discovered missing on 6 April 1922 from her family's farm in Saint-Rivoal, Brittany, in northern France. An extensive search turned up few suspects and no evidence. When a similar girl was found in distant Cherbourg, Normandy, a month later, the Picards claimed her as their own and took her back to Brittany, despite discrepancies and reservations.
Almost three weeks later, the naked and mutilated corpse of a young girl was found near the farm, along with Pauline Picard's clothes. A formal investigation determined that the body was that of Picard, and that she had died accidentally, possibly of exposure. Picard was buried, though the press continued to question her identity. The Cherbourgeoise girl was returned to that city, where she died of measles in the first days of 1924.