Louvre Heist Photo's Fedora Man Identified as Teen

In Paris, the mystery of the "Fedora Man"—a sharply dressed figure captured in a viral photograph outside the Louvre Museum on the day of a daring crown jewels heist—has been resolved. The individual, widely speculated to be a detective, an insider or even an AI-generated image, is 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux, a resident of Rambouillet, a suburb 30 kilometers southwest of the city. The image, taken by Associated Press photographer Thibault Camus on October 19, amassed millions of views within days, sparking global online intrigue.

The photograph depicts three police officers leaning against a silver car blocking a museum entrance hours after thieves executed a daylight robbery, making off with jewels worth millions. Striding past them in the frame is Pedro, clad in a fedora, three-piece suit, tie and coat, evoking a noir detective amid the modern security cordon. Pedro, who was unaware of the heist at the time, had arrived at the Louvre with his mother, Félicité Garzon Delvaux, and grandfather for a routine visit. "We wanted to go to the Louvre, but it was closed," he recounted. "We didn't know there was a heist." As they inquired with officers about the shutdown,...