A mum and dad who went missing with their baby have been arrested but their child has not been found.
Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon are in police custody after being arrested in Brighton. The Metropolitan Police said an urgent search operation is underway to find their baby, who has not had any medical attention since birth in early January.
Marten, 35, and Gordon, 48, have been travelling around the UK by taxi since their car was found burning on the M61 in Bolton on January 5. The couple travelled from Bolton to Liverpool, then to Harwich in Essex, then to east London and then to Newhaven in Sussex, where they were seen near the ferry port on January 8.
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Authorities previously believed the couple had been sleeping rough in a blue tent, and had avoided being traced by the police by moving around frequently and keeping their faces covered in CCTV images. The force said the pair were located by officers from Sussex Police in Stanmer Villas, Brighton on Monday night (February 27) after a member of the public reported seeing them shortly before 9.30pm.
Miss Marten, who is from a wealthy aristocratic family, was a drama student when she first met Mr Gordon in 2016. Since then the couple have led an isolated life, and in September, when Miss Marten was well into her pregnancy, began moving around rental flats.
Anyone who may be able to assist in the search for the couple’s baby is urged to contact 999.
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