The family could be anywhere in the UK. Since January 5, British police have been actively searching for Constance Marten, Mark Gordon and their newborn baby, who is only a few weeks old. The story begins in the county of Manchester, England, on the M61 motorway.
This Thursday, January 5, they call the police at the end of the day for a car on fire on this road, near Bolton. When they arrive at the place, the agents find that the occupants of the car are no longer there. Investigators believe “the majority of her belongings were destroyed in the car fire,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
“Investigations revealed that Constance and Mark were the occupants of the car and that Constance had given birth very recently, perhaps a day or two before, and had not been examined by medical professionals,” police detail.
Although, at this time, “there is no indication” that any of the three missing “has suffered intentional harm”, the police want to find them to “ensure that they are okay, in particular the baby”, explained Lewis Basford, one of the of the researchers, in a statement.
Previews on January 7 in London
The couple seems in any case not to want to be seen. The various investigators working on their disappearance were able to determine that they had walked off the road after the accident, before joining Liverpool in the east of England, and then Harwich in the south-east.
They were also seen in Colchester and filmed at London’s East Ham tube station on January 7. This is the last time his presence has been confirmed in a specific location, so the London police have taken up the matter.
If the case fascinates the British media, beyond the mystery surrounding these disappearances, the reason for which is still unclear, it is also because of the profile of the people involved. Constance Marten, 35, comes from an English aristocratic family. Her grandmother was the goddaughter of Elizabeth II’s mother, the “Queen Mother.”
Mark Gordon convicted of rape
Police told several British media that Mark Gordon, 48, spent 20 years in prison in the United States after a rape conviction, before being deported to the UK in 2010.
Constance Marten’s father, Napier Marten, said the independent that he was already aware of this sentence and that it had caused “great concern” to his family. According to guardianHe would have cut ties with his family after meeting Mark Gordon in 2016. In a message for his daughter broadcast by the British media, Napier Marten “begs” her to go to the police.
“Dear Constance, even if we keep our distance at this time, I am ready, as I always have and as the family has always been, to do whatever it takes to ensure that you return to us safely,” he pleads.
Source: BFM TV
