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Louvre Heist’s ‘Fedora Man’ Unmasked as 15-Year-Old

The dapper-looking “detective” caught people’s eyes after last month’s jewelry heist

A sharply dressed “detective” who became a viral sensation after he was snapped at the scene of the Louvre heist has broken his silence after weeks of speculation. Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux was outside the Louvre when last month’s multimillion-dollar jewel heist took place. He was snapped next to police wearing a fedora and waistcoat in an image that soon went viral as people joked that he resembled an old-timey detective sent to investigate the scene. “I didn’t know there was a heist,” Delvaux, a schoolboy from south-west Paris, told CNN. The teen became aware of his fame four days after the pic was snapped, when a friend showed him a screenshot and asked, “is that you?” but decided to keep his mouth shut at first. “I didn’t want to say immediately it was me,” he explained. “With this photo, there is a mystery, so you have to make it last.” Delvaux, who cited fictional detectives Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot as style icons, said he dresses the way he does because “I like to be chic. I go to school like this.” When asked if his schoolmates appreciate his vintage style, the teen replied, “Yeah, I think I have a lot of aura.”

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