Constance Marten, the daughter of a British aristocrat, has dominated the media in her country in recent weeks. The former heiress was a fugitive with Mark Gordona convicted sex offender, gave birth during her flight in early January.

The couple left their car in Bolton (where it was on fire) on January 5, traveled to Liverpool, Essex and London, paying cash for taxis and booking hotels under false names. Marten and Gordon also successfully bypassed the security cameras.despite their faces appearing on the front pages of the media for days.

Marten, 35, and Gordon, 48, were arrested in Brighton on Monday around 9:30 p.m. after 54 days of searching. Police found them without their baby, believed to have been born in the back of the vehicle, without a midwife or medical care.

The couple were initially arrested on suspicion of child neglect, but were arrested again the next day. on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence.

Now the police have found the remains of a newborn baby in a wooded area near where the couple were arrested in Brighton.

Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford told reporters, “It is my very sad duty to update this afternoon. Police officers searching a wooded area near where Constance and Mark Gordon were arrested have discovered the remains of a baby.”

An investigation will be conducted in due course. postmortem. “I recognize the impact this news will have on many people who have been following this story closely and I can assure you that we will do everything possible to establish what happened,” the superintendent said.

A sleeping bag, tents and several abandoned campsites and shelters were discovered in a forest close to the area searched by police.

The find was made in an area of ​​woodland adjacent to the southeastern corner of Wild Park, an area where police are said to have yet to search. The forest, set within the 240 acre nature reserve, is on the direct off-road pedestrian route between Newhaven and Fivewaysthe Brighton district where the couple was arrested on Monday evening.

More than 200 officers have searched for the baby, from where the couple were last seen to where they were arrested, including allotments and woods. The search was carried out with a helicopter, sniffer dogs, thermal imaging cameras and drones.

Marten, 35, is the daughter of Napier and Virginie De Selliers, who come from a privileged background. During his childhood and adolescence he lived in a stately home and even his father was a page to Queen Elizabeth II. The woman separated from her family after meeting Gordon in 2016.

Napier’s mother, Mary Anna Marten, Constance’s grandmother, was a goddaughter to the Queen Mother and a playmate to the princess daisy.

Gordon, for his part, was born in Birmingham and moved to Florida (USA) with his mother and half-siblings at a young age. In 1990, when he was 15 years old, he was convicted of kidnapping and assault and spent 20 years in prison.. He was deported in 2010. (i)