Constance Marten police fears grow as missing baby search moves into day three
01.03.2023 - 05:09
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
An urgent search for the baby of aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon has moved into its third day amid growing police fears that the child may have come to harm.
The pair - who went missing after their car was found burning on the M61 in Bolton in January - were further arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter on Tuesday (February 28) after being stopped in Brighton on Monday following several weeks of avoiding the police. However, the baby was not with them.
A member of the public, who had seen media reports about the couple, phoned 999 after seeing them withdraw cash from a convenience store in Hollingbury Place shortly before 9.30pm on Monday. Officers arrived six minutes later, with Marten and Gordon being detained at nearby Stanmer Villas and arrested on suspicion of child neglect.
Since then, more than 200 officers have been searching an area of seven miles by 13 miles for the baby, from where the couple were last sighted to where they were arrested – including allotments and woodland. Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford said police still hoped to find the child safe and well, with a helicopter, sniffer dogs, thermal imaging cameras and drones being used in the search.
However, confirming Marten and Gordon had been re-arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, Detective Superintendent Basford said police had to consider the possibility the baby had “come to harm”. He said officers had received no information about the welfare or location of the child since the pair were detained.
He said: “We have had a significant period of time in custody facility with both Constance and Mark. At this time we have not furthered that information, which has now obviously led to the
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