Police Searching For Missing Baby After Fugitive Parents Arrested

[naomi24]

//More than 200 police officers using dogs, thermal imaging cameras and drones are continuing their search for a missing baby as fears mount the infant might have come to harm.

The parents, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, were arrested in Brighton on Tuesday on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.

They had been missing for 53 days.

A search for them began when their car was found on fire near Bolton. Police say Ms Marten had recently given birth.

Police said the baby may have been born in the back of the vehicle, without a midwife or medical attention.

Ms Marten, 35, and Gordon - a convicted rapist and registered sex offender - were held on Monday after a member of the public saw them and called the police.

They were initially held on suspicion of child neglect, but were further arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.//

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64808412

This is a bizarre case that I've been following for a while - she the product of a very wealthy family, he a convicted criminal. Since the couple appear to have travelled fairly widely around the country and are not willing to reveal the whereabouts of the baby, the police have a mammoth task on their hands. I doubt very much that it will end well.

[choux]

naomi, the police requested no on-line speculation in their sad update yesterday.

RIP baby.

[naomi24]

They'll whistle for that, choux. People will ask questions.

[douglas9401]

Be prepared for Stockholm Syndrome type mutterings emerging soon.

[choux]

Really, naomi? Good grief! Well I won't risk jeopardising the fullest sentencing possible for want of it.

[naomi24]

Yes, really, choux.

[ladybirder]

Baby was a girl called Victoria. She was found in a plastic bag under nappies in allotment locked shed.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23361480.constance-marten-mark-gordons-baby-girl-called-victoria/