Since January 5, the couple has been wanted by the UK authorities. More than 200 agents are now searching for the newborn son of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon.
The couple who went missing with a newborn baby in the UK in early January have been arrested by authorities. TO British aristocrat Constance Marten, 35, and her American partner, Mark Gordon, 48.were arrested in Brighton, Sussex, after being spotted by a local citizen on Monday night. The couple’s baby, however, has not been located.. On Tuesday, more than 200 police officers were trying to find the newborn.
Detective Lewis Basford, quoted by CNN, explained at a press conference that both Constance Marten and Mark Gordon refused to cooperate with authorities. The couple is charged with parental neglect.
The low temperature that affects the United Kingdom is a risk factor for the survival of the newborn, said Lewis Bradford, however maintaining the hope of finding the child alive.
The risk is clearly increasing, and this may not end as we would like, but we have to hold out hope.”
Although the authorities do not rule out the possibility that the baby has been given to a third person, this is not, according to the detective, the most likely hypothesis. The place where the couple were arrested is near an area of open country and they both appeared to be moving towards that area, the BBC says.
Hundreds of police are now involved in the “urgent search” for a missing baby in Brighton. Constance Marten and Mark Gordon went missing with their newborn over 7 weeks ago and were arrested last night, without their baby. pic.twitter.com/hmuPuaIasf
—Nick Dixon (@NickDixonITV) February 28, 2023
On January 5, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were identified as the occupants of a car that caught fire on a motorway near Bolton, In England. Since then, authorities have launched an investigation into two missing persons. In the days that followed the couple’s disappearance, several people reported to authorities that they had seen the couple, who toured cities like London and Liverpool or the counties of Essex and Sussex.
According to Sky News, Constance Maren belongs to an aristocratic family with ties to the royal family: her grandmother was close to Princess Margaret and her father was a page to Queen Elizabeth II. Authorities believe she lived in isolation with Mark Gordon, a sexual predator who served 20 years in prison in the United States of Americaand that the couple’s baby was born days before the fire on January 5, without having been transferred to a health unit for surveillance.
You are putting your baby at risk by not accepting medical treatment, so it is very important that they see an obstetrician, doctor or other healthcare professional as soon as possibleShereen Nimmo, director of obstetrics at Barts Health Fund, said last week.
“Babies need a warm and safe environment. and all new mums receive information on how to safely sleep with their babies, to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome,” she explained, as reported by The Guardian.
At the end of January, the authorities offered 10,000 pounds, equivalent to 11,246 euros, to anyone provide information on the whereabouts of the partner. Since Tuesday, in addition to police officers, they are being used dogs, drones, thermal imaging cameras and a helicopterin an attempt to find the two-month-old baby.
Source: Observadora
