The remains of an infant have been located by police in the search for the missing baby belonging to Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, who remain in police custody.
The child was thought to be just days old when they disappeared in January. On Wednesday, March 1 the remains of a baby have been found in a wooded area, Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford of the Metropolitan Police said, via the Mirror.
On Monday night both former aristocrat Marten, 35, and her partner, Gordon, 48, were arrested on suspicion of child neglect in Brighton. On Tuesday the pair were also arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.
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Their arrest on Monday without the child resulted in a massive search operation in which hundreds of police officers and search and rescue experts scoured 90 square miles of the Sussex countryside in a bid to find the baby.
Speaking at Sussex Police headquarters on Wednesday night, Detective Basford said: "It is my very sad duty to update this afternoon, police officers searching a wooded area close to where Constance and Mark Gordon were arrested, discovered the remains of a baby."
He added: "A post-mortem examination will be held in due course. A crime scene is in place and work at the location is expected to continue for some time.
"This is an outcome that myself and that many officers who have been part of this search had hoped would not happen.
"I recognise the impact this news will have on many people who have been following this story closely and can assure them that we will do everything we possibly can to establish what has happened."
The couple currently remains in custody, with investigators having applied for a 36-hour extension to hold them for further questioning.
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