{"id":2503027,"date":"2025-10-25T16:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T20:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mystery-man-in-an-ap-photo-after-the-louvre-jewel-heist-creates-a-buzz\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T16:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T20:06:12","slug":"mystery-man-in-an-ap-photo-after-the-louvre-jewel-heist-creates-a-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mystery-man-in-an-ap-photo-after-the-louvre-jewel-heist-creates-a-buzz\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery man in an AP photo after the Louvre jewel heist creates a buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmystery-man-in-an-ap-photo-after-the-louvre-jewel-heist-creates-a-buzz%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2503027&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh article discusses a photograph taken shortly after the daring daylight heist of the crown jewels at the Louvre museum in Paris on October 19, 2025. The photo, captured by AP photographer Thibault Camus, shows a well-dressed young man walking past uniformed French police officers who had sealed off one of the museum&#8217;s gates. Although the image was meant to depict the police presence after the robbery, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-gavin-newsoms-face-drooping-on-one-side\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show Gavin Newsom\u2019s Face Drooping On One Side?\">social media users speculated<\/a> that the stylishly dressed individual might be a detective involved in the examination, likening him to the fictional Inspector Clouseau from the &#8220;Pink Panther&#8221; films.However, the photographer clarified that the man was simply passing by the scene and not officially identified. authorities have neither confirmed nor denied his identity, playfully suggesting that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-mysterious-purple-deer-that-nobody-can-explain-filmed-by-wildlife-photographer\/\" title=\"Wildlife ...gr...her c...tures enigmatic purple deer on film.\">mystery remains unsolved<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Inspector Clouseau? The mystery man in an AP photo after the Louvre jewel heist creates a buzz<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2382987\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>PARIS (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> It was shortly after the stunning&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/louvre-heist-jewels-paris-timeline-a072c2a5aba6ab5eeb429a280266a799\">heist of the crown jewels at the Louvre<\/a>&nbsp;when Paris-based Associated Press photographer Thibault Camus caught in his frame a dapperly dressed young man walking by uniformed French police officers, their car blocking one of the museum gates.<\/p>\n<p>Instinctively, he took the shot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3864162\/why-time-difference-us-europe-shorter-this-week\/\">Why the time difference between the US and Europe will be one hour shorter this week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3863944\/trump-open-to-meeting-kim-jong-un\/\">Trump open to meeting with Kim Jong Un, asks media to &#8216;put out the word&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3863822\/trump-sanctions-illegal-drug-dealer-colombian-president-gustavo-petro\/\">Trump sanctions &#8216;illegal drug dealer&#8217; Colombian President Gustavo Petro in escalation of their feud<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>It wasn&rsquo;t a particularly great photo, with someone&rsquo;s shoulder obscuring part of the foreground, Camus told himself.<\/p>\n<p>But it did the job &mdash; showing French police&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/louvre-museum-theft-paris-jewels-b1fb405f231e190a4fc0c272a819186f\">sealing off the world&rsquo;s most-visited museum<\/a>&nbsp;after the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/france-louvre-jewels-crown-stolen-manhunt-d5bef57b372cfc9747a1709dbe22fe93\">brazen daylight robbery<\/a>&nbsp;last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, Camus figured, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >guy walking past<\/a> the officers was unusually well dressed, in a coat, a jacket and tie and wearing a fedora, adding a touch of Paris couture to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>And so off went the photo to AP&rsquo;s worldwide audiences.<\/p>\n<p>From there, fertile imaginations sprung into high gear &mdash; whipping up an online buzz.<\/p>\n<p>Posts on social media declared the well<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-happened-to-the-mafia-rats-revenge-and-rico-ex-mobsters-talk-the-downfall-of-an-empire\/\" title=\"What H...pened To The Mafia? Rats, Revenge, and RICO: Ex-Mobsters Talk The Downfall Of An Empire\">-dressed man<\/a> to be a French detective &mdash; if you will, a more dashing version of the famed Inspector Clouseau from &ldquo;Pink Panther&rdquo; movies &mdash; even though AP&rsquo;s photo caption had not identified him.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/louvre-museum-theft-paris-jewels-b1fb405f231e190a4fc0c272a819186f\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/france-louvre-museum-robbery-a3687f330a43e0aaff68c732c4b2585b\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/france-louvre-jewels-crown-stolen-manhunt-d5bef57b372cfc9747a1709dbe22fe93\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It simply read: &ldquo;Police officers block an access to the Louvre museum after a robbery Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in Paris.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A post on X that now has 5.6 million views says: &ldquo;Actual shot (not AI!) of a French detective working the case of the French Crown Jewels that were stolen from the Louvre.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another poster &mdash; with 1.2 million followers &mdash; claimed the man &ldquo;who looks like he came out of a detective film noir from the 1940s is an actual French police detective who&rsquo;s investigating the theft.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Camus says nothing he saw led him to that conclusion &mdash; the man was just someone who streamed away from the Louvre as authorities evacuated the area, Camus says.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He appeared in front of me, I saw him, I took the photo,&rdquo; Camus says. &ldquo;He passed by and left.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3837322\/trump-advises-that-anyone-burning-american-flag-will-be-imprisoned-for-a-year\/\">TRUMP ADVISES THAT ANYONE BURNING AMERICAN FLAG WILL BE IMPRISONED FOR A YEAR<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If the unidentified man really is one of the more than 100 investigators hunting for the jewel thieves, the authorities are keeping it very hush-hush.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;d rather keep the mystery alive ;)&rdquo; the Paris prosecutor&rsquo;s office said with a wink in an email response to AP questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mystery man in AP photo sparks buzz after Louvre heist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2503028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25292421895116.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[55755,18190,65898,57290,65897],"class_list":["post-2503027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ap-photo","tag-buzz","tag-jewel-heist","tag-louvre","tag-mystery-man"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25292421895116.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2503027"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503031,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503027\/revisions\/2503031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2503028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2503027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2503027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2503027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}