Constance Marten

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were missing for more than a month with no medical intervention for their newborn.

[Constance Marten](/topic/constance-marten), 35, and [ her boyfriend Mark Gordon, 48,](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/constance-marten-found-missing-couple-baby-b2290803.html) were located by officers from [Sussex](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/sussex) Police in Stanmer Villas, [Brighton](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/brighton) on Monday night after a member of the public reported seeing them shortly before 9.30pm. Officers also received a number of confirmed sightings of the family in Colchester on Friday, 6 January and Saturday, 7 January. They left taxi with an orange bag and a pram and kept their faces covered. They then hailed a taxi and travelled an hour for more than 30 miles to Liverpool. [Constance Marten](/topic/constance-marten), Mark Gordon and their newborn went missing in early January. [Constance Marten](/topic/constance-marten), 35, her boyfriend Mark Gordon, 48, were located by officers from [Sussex](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/sussex) Police in Stanmer Villas, [Brighton](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/brighton) on Monday night after a member of the public reported seeing them shortly before 9.30pm. Their newborn baby is still missing and an urgent search operation is underway to find the infant who has not had any medical attention since the birth in early January. Essex Police carried out a number of enquiries and reviewed hours of CCTV and were able to place the couple near East Ham Station between 10.30am and 12.30pm on Saturday, 7 January. The trio were seen by a member of the public in Harwich at about 9am on Saturday, 7 January. Just after 6.30pm on Thursday, 5 January officers from Greater Manchester Police were called to a car on fire on the hard-shoulder of the M61 near junction four at Farnworth, Bolton. [ since their car was found burning ](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/constance-marten-missing-aristocrat-mother-baby-mark-gordon-b2286507.html)on the M61 in [Bolton](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/bolton), Greater Manchester, on 5 January. However, their newborn baby is still missing and an urgent search operation is underway to find the infant who has not had any medical attention since the birth in early January.

Marten and partner Mark Gordon in police custody as police search for baby who has had no medical attention since birth.

“There's nothing to say they were in the caravan, we still think they were living in the outdoor environment and the that is leading us, and the arrest location, to the outdoor search. “At the moment, we are still in the position where they have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect and there is a search for the baby. 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. Police said they are still hoping the baby is alive and have appealed to anybody who might be looking after the child to come forward. Police say the couple were believed to have been walking off the Sussex Downs at around 9.30pm last night when they were seen by a member of the public who called 999. [Constance Marten](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/31/constance-marten-police-offer-10000-reward-runaway-family/), the daughter of an aristocrat, and her partner Mark Gordon are in police custody after being arrested in Brighton.

Police are still urgently searching for a missing baby after its aristocrat mother and her partner were found and arrested in Brighton.

“Officers from Sussex Police attended the location and the pair were arrested. The baby is still missing and an urgent search operation is taking place in the area. Police say the baby they were with is still missing and an urgent search operation is taking place in the area.

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon have been taken into custody in Brighton amid a search to find their baby.

All we want to do is help you.” 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. 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.

However their newborn baby - who went missing with the parents on January 5 - is yet to be found. Metropolitan Police has launched a search operation to find ...

Sussex Police added that the search was covering a large area between Brighton and Newhaven. On the police search, James Dunne told the Daily Mail: "I heard they’d been seen in the street and a call went out to the police. He told The Telegraph: "We can’t say at this time if it’s a boy or a girl. I’ve been told they’ve been searching for the baby all night and using heat-seeking cameras and other specialist gear. In a media scrum, he said: "As we've always said, this is about that baby. As time goes on, the risk certainly does increase." A detective involved in the search for the missing baby has said the "risks are high" the longer the child remains missing. Metropolitan Police has launched a search operation to find their baby who, it's understood, has not received any medical attention since being born. DSI Lewis Basford from Met Police told The Telegraph: "At the moment, we're still in the position where they [Marten and Gordon] have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect and there is a search for the baby. Marten, from a wealthy aristocratic family, was a promising drama student when she first met Mr Gordon in 2016. DSI Lewis Basford of Met Police said the sex of the missing baby is unknown. The 28-year-old added: "It was frantic.

Ms Marten, 36, was born into an aristocratic family in the palatial settings of Crichel House, a sprawling country estate in Dorset.

He was released in 2010 and deported back to the UK. Ms Marten and Gordon are believed to have lived an increasingly isolated existence since they met. In 2008, she went to Leeds University and obtained a 2:1 in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies.

A woman and her partner who went missing in the UK in January are in police custody after being arrested in Brighton.

They spent time sleeping rough in a blue tent, often moving around at night and in the early hours of the morning to avoid detection. 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 8 January. A woman and her partner who went missing in the UK in January are in police custody after being arrested in Brighton.

Pair arrested in Brighton amid urgent operation to find infant born at time of disappearance in January.

In late January, police offered a £10,000 award for information leading to the couple’s whereabouts. [wealthy aristocratic family](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/19/constance-marten-estranged-father-missing-woman-mark-gordon) with connections to the royal family and was a promising drama student before meeting Gordon in 2016. He said: “Darling Constance, even though we remain estranged at the moment, I stand by, as I have always done and as the family has always done, to do whatever is necessary for your safe return to us.”

A mother and father who went missing with their newborn baby have been found and arrested, police say, although the baby is still missing.

In the days after they went missing, DSI Basford said the baby was "at the heart of the investigation" and that concerns were rising "day by day" for the child's wellbeing. A mother and father who went missing with their newborn baby have been found and arrested, police say, although the baby is still missing. The missing aristocrat, her partner, and their newborn baby have been missing since their car broke down near a motorway in early January.

A couple who disappeared with their baby have been found and arrested in Brighton, but the infant is still missing, police have said.

"The arrest location was close to open land and the couple were moving towards that land. Investigators said they were worried the baby was being "exposed to sub-zero temperatures" and said they were "extremely concerned" for their wellbeing. In the days after the breakdown, the couple appeared to be trying to avoid the police, travelling in quick succession to Liverpool, Essex and London. "My plea to the members of the public here in Brighton and crossing over towards Newhaven is to please be vigilant." Police say a missing baby is now the focus of their search after a couple - Constance Marten and Mark Gordon - were found and arrested in Brighton. In a direct appeal to the public, Det Supt Lewis Basford said the search was "now all about that baby".

Constance Marten disappeared with her partner Mark Gordon after giving birth to a child in January and has now been arrested in Brighton.

[Gordon](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/), a registered sex offender, was deported to Britain from the United States in 2010 after spending 20 years in prison for a rape he committed aged 14. [Police](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/) are asking local people to search for signs of the baby, including in sheds and outhouses. [music](/leisure/music/) producer, who was famously a page to Queen Elizabeth II. [Constance](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/) is part of one of "England’s most prominent aristocratic households" according to the [Evening Standard](https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/napier-marten-constance-marten-missing-artistocrat-father-arrested-b1054208.html). [Mark Gordon](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/). [BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64794712) reports that the couple left their home in Eltham, south-east London, in September, after [Constance](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/) first showed signs of pregnancy, and were living a nomadic lifestyle since. [Constance Marten](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/) is. [Constance](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/) is understood to have studied Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Leeds before completing an NCTJ journalism qualification. [The couple](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/) were arrested on suspicion of child neglect and remains in custody, with the [Metropolitan Police](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/) relaying that they are being questioned. The definition of an aristocrat is to be a member of the aristocracy which is amongst the highest class of certain societies. [The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/constance-marten-mark-gordon-missing-who-b2266553.html) Constance is directly descended from the 3rd and last Baron Allington and once lived in the £34 million Crichel country house in Dorset. The pair were located by officers from Sussex Police in Stanmer Villas, Brighton last night (Monday, February 27) after a member of the public reported seeing them shortly before 9.30 pm.

A huge search for the baby is underway as the couple has not told the police where the infant is, or even its gender.

“The arrest location was close to open land and the couple were moving towards that land,” he added. “I would like to thank Det Supt Lewis Bashford and his team for their dogged investigation to bring her disappearance to a close. They were eventually uncovered overnight when a member of the public recognised them in Brighton and raised the alarm. It would have been far better if they had handed themselves in earlier.” Shortly after the couple disappeared in early January with their baby it transpired that Gordon was jailed in the late 1980s in Florida, US, after raping and assaulting a woman when he was 14. Mr Marten said: “When the time comes, I am longing to see Constance to reassure her that, whatever the weather, I love her dearly and will support her as best I can through the difficult weeks and months here on in.” [ since their car was found burning ](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/constance-marten-missing-aristocrat-mother-baby-mark-gordon-b2286507.html)on the M61 in [Bolton](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/bolton), Greater Manchester, on 5 January. [two heartfelt pleas ](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/napier-marten-constance-missing-family-dorset-b2264771.html)while his daughter was on the run with her convicted rapist partner, told [The Independent](/topic/the-independent) that “whatever the weather, I love her dearly and will support her best I can”. [urgent search operation is underway](https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/constance-marten-police-search-brighton-baby-b2290977.html) to find their baby, and the senior investigating officer has revealed that the couple have not told them where the infant is, or even its gender. [father](/topic/father) of runaway aristocrat [Constance Marten](/topic/constance-marten) has spoken of his “immense relief” that [his daughter has been found ](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/constance-marten-found-missing-couple-baby-b2290803.html)but said he was extremely worried about her newborn baby, who is [still missing](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/constance-marten-missing-aristocrat-mark-gordon-family-b2291045.html) . Ms Marten and Gordon are believed to have travelled a significant distance on foot in the area, while sleeping in a tent, and investigators are working to retrace their steps - despite the pair’s efforts to conceal their movements. [are in police custody ](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/constance-marten-found-missing-couple-baby-b2290803.html)after being arrested in [Brighton](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/brighton) on suspicion of child neglect.

Napier Marten said it is 'very alarming' that his daughter's baby remains missing.

['I did not put her on fire', says husband of tragic woman who died from horrific burns](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/i-not-put-fire-says-26344965.amp) [Manchester city centre's cheapest flat that you can rent for £600 a month - and it comes fully furnished](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/property/manchester-city-centres-cheapest-flat-26343562.amp) [Inside the deserted shopping centre that was once the biggest in Europe](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/inside-deserted-shopping-centre-once-26334562.amp) [What Greater Manchester's new Clean Air Zone could look like... [the pair had been arrested for child neglect by officers](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/search-baby-after-missing-aristocrat-26346782) in Stanmer Villas, Brighton, on Monday night after a member of the public reported seeing them shortly before 9.30pm. "The arrest location was close to open land and the couple were moving towards that land. Earlier, senior investigating officer Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford told BBC Breakfast that officers from the Metropolitan and Sussex police forces are searching a huge area of land to try and find the baby. And that’s why we are focusing heavily on where we are right now. He thanked the member of the public who tipped off police about the couple’s whereabouts, as well as Metropolitan police officers for their 'dogged investigation'. Following her arrest, Constance's father Napier Marten told the Independent of his relief but said it would have been 'far better' if she and her partner had handed themselves in earlier. It would have been far better if they had handed themselves in earlier." The pair then spent weeks travelling around the UK and sleeping rough with their newborn baby, despite calls from the police and medical professionals to take the infant to see a doctor. [Follow live updates from the search here](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/live-constance-marten-mark-gordon-26346842) Their baby has not yet been found and [an urgent search to find them is ongoing.](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/live-constance-marten-mark-gordon-26346842) [Constance, 35, and her partner Mark Gordon went missing](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/live-constance-marten-mark-gordon-26346842) after their car was found burning on the M61 in [Bolton](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/bolton) on January 5.

Napier Marten told the Independent he loves his daughter dearly after she was arrested with her boyfriend on suspicion of child neglect.

It would have been far better if they had handed themselves in earlier.” Mr Napier told the newspaper: “It is an immense relief to know my beloved daughter Constance has been found, tempered by the very alarming news her baby has yet to be found. The father of Constance Marten has said it is a huge relief that his daughter has been found, but it is “very alarming” that her baby remains missing.

Sussex Police said that Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were spotted in Brighton by a member of the public just before 9.30pm on Monday.

In the days after they went missing, DSI Basford said the baby was "at the heart of the investigation" and that concerns were rising "day by day" for the child's wellbeing. Marten's father, Napier Marten, speaking to The Independent, said it was "an immense relief" to know the couple have been found, but it would have been "far better if they had handed themselves in earlier". "That will include the search of outbuildings and anywhere the baby could have been left by the couple to seek shelter away from the climate and extreme temperatures. "I have always remained hopeful that the child is alive, and the investigation we have led is all about the safe recovery and location of the baby," he added. However, they have found no sign of the child or where the couple have been staying, and the search may soon be extended further along the South Downs. The missing aristocrat, her partner, and their newborn baby have been missing since their car broke down near a motorway in early January.

NAPIER Marten is the aristocrat father of Constance Marten.Prior to his daughter's discovery, Marten issued a desperate plea in a bid to encourage Con.

[Gordon ](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10079886/mark-gordon-missing-when/)in 2016. It would have been far better if they had handed themselves in earlier.” Only then can a process of healing and recovery begin, however long it may take, however difficult it may be. [the sex of their baby](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10301520/mystery-over-gender-constance-martens-baby/) and have been [arrested on suspicion of child neglect](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10300298/constance-marten-police-major-update-baby/). [daughter was found on February 27, 2022, Napier](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10302363/constance-martens-father-napier-relieved/) told [The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/constance-marten-napier-missing-baby-brighton-b2291068.html): “It is an immense relief to know my beloved daughter Constance has been found, tempered by the very alarming news her [baby has yet to be found](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10302499/constance-marten-mark-gordon-baby/). [Napier Marten became the first relative to speak out](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10078427/aristocrat-dad-missing-mum-baby-sex-offender-plea/) and issue an emotional appeal. [On January 5, 2023, Constance and Gordon vanished](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10009547/search-couple-vanished-newborn-m61/) along with their [new born baby](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10090588/missing-constance-marten-gave-birth-car-mark-gordon/) after their vehicle broke down near junction four of the M61, near [Bolton](https://www.thesun.ie/where/bolton/). [located Marten and Gordon](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10300897/shouting-heard-police-arrested-constance-marten/) but not their child. [his daughter's discovery](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10300029/constance-marten-found-police-search/), Marten [issued a desperate plea](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10084204/missing-constance-marten-rapist-lover/) in a bid to encourage [Constance ](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10079546/constance-marten-missing-when/)and [her baby](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10300763/constance-marten-mark-gordon-family-latest/) to find safety. [Virginie de Selliers](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10183851/constance-marten-mark-gordon-missing-update/) in 1986 and the couple had four children together, of which Constance is the oldest. [mag Tatler's babe of the month page](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10057755/missing-mum-constance-marten-talented-actress-tatler/) while she was a student in 2008. [the Crichel estate](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10080332/constance-marten-upbringing-crichel-house/) in [Dorset](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/dorset) before he gave up his fortune for a life in Australia.

The father of Constance Marten has broke his silence, after his daughter and her boyfriend, Mark Gordon were arrested in Brighton yesterday evening.

My plea to the members of the public here in Brighton and crossing over towards Newhaven is please be vigilant in the open land where you are, in the outbuildings that you may have on your own property, and assist us in that way by being vigilant.” The arrest location was close to open land and the couple were moving towards that land. My London reports that senior investigating officer, Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford, told BBC Breakfast that officers from the Met and Sussex police are searching a vast area of land to locate the child. We know that they travel, we know they travel long distances. Mr Basford said: “It is a vast area and at present we are looking in the local vicinity to where the couple were arrested last night, seeking a shelter or location for where they may have been holed up and hopefully where the baby is present. Speaking to The Independent, Constance Marten’s father Napier Marten said: “It is an immense relief to know my beloved daughter Constance has been found, tempered by the very alarming news her baby has yet to be found."

UK police have arrested an aristocrat and her partner after the pair went missing with their newborn baby in early January, but the search for the infant ...

“I beseech you to find a way to turn yourself and your wee (little) one into the police as soon as possible so you and he or she can be protected. Basford said: “I would like to stress that we are not doing this and putting so many resources and efforts into finding the family just to be awkward or to interfere. The pair were not at the scene and most of their belongings were destroyed in the fire, according to police, who launched a missing persons investigation. “Anyone with information, we would ask them to call in if they’ve got something they think can help.” We have a genuine concern for the health and wellbeing of the baby, and Constance and Mark, and it our duty to ensure that they are okay.” The search for the couple and newborn began in early January, with police releasing several appeals and offering a £10,000 ($12,090) reward for information that would lead to their discovery.

'I love her dearly and will support her as best I can,' Napier Marten said following his daughter's arrest.

“I want to help you and my grandchild. In an earlier appeal to her daughter, he said: “We are deeply concerned for your and your baby’s welfare. I know that you want to keep your precious newborn child at all costs. The couple had been missing since early January, when police believe Ms Marten gave birth in or near a car without any medical attention. It would have been far better if they had handed themselves in earlier.” The past eight years have been beyond painful for all the family as well as your friends, as they must have been for you, and to see you so vulnerable again is testing in the extreme.”

Couple were first arrested on Monday on suspicion of child neglect after several weeks avoiding police but infant was not with them.

Neither of the arrested parents were wanted for any offences prior to disappearance. As of 2.30pm on Tuesday, the Met had more than 200 officers deployed to Sussex alongside significant resources from Sussex police. The senior investigating officer, DS Lewis Basford, said: “I can confirm that they were initially arrested on suspicion of child neglect. The couple were found by Sussex police at Stanmer Villas in Brighton on Monday night after a member of the public reported seeing them shortly before 9.30pm. The Metropolitan police stressed that officers had no specific information to indicate the child has come to serious harm. Constance Marten and her partner, Mark Gordon, have not told police the location of the infant or even its sex since being arrested on Monday.

Constance Marten and her boyfriend, Mark Gordon were arrested on Monday evening in Brighton. Their baby is still missing.

[the baby was not with them.](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23351740.constance-marten-mark-gordon-arrested-know-far/) [Keep up to date with developments on The Argus live blog.](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351222.brighton-search-constance-martens-baby-couple-found/) [avoiding police since the infant was born](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23351740.constance-marten-mark-gordon-arrested-know-far/) in early January, moving around the country, paying for everything in cash and covering their faces when on CCTV. [aristocrat Constance Marten](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23351740.constance-marten-mark-gordon-arrested-know-far/) and her sex offender boyfriend Mark Gordon were arrested in [Brighton](/sport/albion/). Gordon previously served 20 years in prison in the US for rape and battery committed when he was 14. Since then the couple has led an isolated life, and in September, as Marten’s pregnancy progressed, began moving around rental flats. The couple were arrested on Monday, February 27 at 9:30 pm in Stanmer Villas, Brighton, after a tip-off from a member of the public.

Police say Constance Marten and Mark Gordon's missing baby may have "come to harm".

They remain in custody. The baby was not with them. Police believe the baby was alive at the time of the last previous sighting of the family in Newhaven, but little more is known about the family's movements in the weeks since. Police have asked members of the public between Brighton and Newhaven - where the previous last known sighting of the couple was made on 8 January - to report any potential sightings, or information about where they may have been sleeping. Investigators believe Ms Marten and Gordon have been living "in open land and open areas". They were held after a member of the public saw them in a shop in the Fiveways area of north Brighton, and called the police.

ARISTOCRAT Constance Marten and her lover have been further arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter as cops search for their baby.At a.

[baby STILL missing](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10300029/constance-marten-found-police-search/) [Tatler's](https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/9614811/mason-mount-chelsea-tatler-magazine/) babe of the month page while she was a student in 2008. [Napier Martin](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10078427/aristocrat-dad-missing-mum-baby-sex-offender-plea/), a former page to [the Queen](https://thesun.co.uk/who/the-queen), and granddaughter of Mary Anna Marten, whose godmother was the [Queen Mother](https://www.thesun.ie/news/2502708/queen-mother-queen-die-elizabeth-bowes-lyon-king-george-vi/), Constance comes from a [family of wealthy landowners](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10029692/missing-mum-related-to-wealthy-baron/). [find child’s ear muffs](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10302499/constance-marten-mark-gordon-baby/)after searching bins in fingertip search of allotment [cops test placenta found in car](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10301520/mystery-over-gender-constance-martens-baby/) [lover restrained on floor during double arrest](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10300897/shouting-heard-police-arrested-constance-marten/) [father Napier ‘relieved’ aristocrat has been found](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10302363/constance-martens-father-napier-relieved/)but ‘alarmed’ her baby is still missing [finally arrested on Monday night](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10300029/constance-marten-found-police-search/) in Stanmer Villas, Brighton - but their baby was nowhere to be seen. ["possibility the baby has come to harm"](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10302499/constance-marten-mark-gordon-baby/). ["may not end as we like"](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10300763/constance-marten-mark-gordon-family-latest/). [Marten](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10079546/constance-marten-missing-when/), 35, and boyfriend Mark Gordon, 48, are not answering questions in custody. [the couple](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10009547/search-couple-vanished-newborn-m61/) for a longer period of time while they are questioned.

The father of runaway aristocrat Constance Marten has spoken of his relief that she has been found but added it would have been “far better if they had ...

I would also like to thank the person or persons who called the Police when they saw the couple. It would have been far better if they had handed themselves in earlier.” “I would like to thank Det.

CONSTANCE Marten and her lover Mark Gordon were captured by cops while “shopping for supplies” after being on the run for seven weeks.The couple w.

Officers in a police car then attempted to arrest them and then back-up arrived. [given birth in her car](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10090588/missing-constance-marten-gave-birth-car-mark-gordon/) days before the pair fled. One resident Anna Drake, 34, told The Sun: “The couple were seen around Hollingbury Place - a parade of shops. He was screaming and shouting. [nationwide hunt](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10084204/missing-constance-marten-rapist-lover/) for the three of them began. “There was quite a commotion. [pictured picking up a pink pair of child ear muffs](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10302499/constance-marten-mark-gordon-baby/) from the ground. [find child’s ear muffs](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10302499/constance-marten-mark-gordon-baby/)after searching bins in fingertip search of allotment [cops test placenta found in car](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10301520/mystery-over-gender-constance-martens-baby/) [during couple's double arrest](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10300897/shouting-heard-police-arrested-constance-marten/) [ located on a residential street](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10300298/constance-marten-police-major-update-baby/) shortly before 9.30pm and an urgent search continues in the area. [found by cops in Brighton - without their newborn baby - after 54 days on the run](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10300029/constance-marten-found-police-search/).

Police say Constance Marten and Mark Gordon's missing baby may have "come to harm".

Police believe the baby was alive at the time of the last previous sighting of the family in Newhaven, but little more is known about the family's movements in the weeks since. After the car fire in January, police said the family safely left the scene and travelled to Liverpool, Essex, London and East Sussex in quick succession. Police said every available officer and member of staff had been drafted in to assist with the massive search. Police have asked members of the public between Brighton and Newhaven, in East Sussex - where the previous last known sighting of the couple was made on 8 January - to report any potential sightings, or information about where they may have been sleeping. They remain in custody, but police said they had not provided any further information about the condition or whereabouts of the child. They were held after a member of the public saw them in a shop and called the police.

The couple had left their home in Eltham, south-east London, in September, after Ms Marten first showed signs of pregnancy. After the car fire in January, the ...

There were also several confirmed sightings of them in Colchester on 6 and 7 January. Police say this sparked fears the couple may have been camping in freezing temperatures. The owners were not there, and police believe the fire had destroyed their belongings. They were arrested on 27 February. The couple were found and arrested on suspicion of child neglect in Stanmer Villas on the same night, but their baby remains missing. The police search for Constance Marten and Mark Gordon - and their newborn baby - began in early January, after the couple's car was found burning on the side of the motorway.

An extensive search is currently underway to locate a missing baby after the arrest of couple in Brighton.

The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). In an "urgent search," law enforcement officials are thoroughly combing an allotment and golf course located on the [Sussex Downs](/topic/sussex-downs), utilizing helicopters, drones, and police dogs in the process. Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent noted that the couple was wearing heavy outdoor clothing and was en-route to an open land area before being taken into custody. The couple disappeared in January, with their child believed to be just a few days old at the time. ET hereby disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, relating to the report and any content therein. Marten and Gordon, the latter of whom has a prior conviction as a sex offender, were found by a member of the public in the Fiveways region of northern Brighton on Monday evening.

Constance Marten disappeared with her partner Mark Gordon after giving birth to a child in January and has now been arrested in Brighton.

[Gordon](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/), a registered sex offender, was deported to Britain from the United States in 2010 after spending 20 years in prison for a rape he committed aged 14. [Police](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/) are asking local people to search for signs of the baby, including in sheds and outhouses. [music](/leisure/music/) producer, who was famously a page to Queen Elizabeth II. [Constance](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/) is part of one of "England’s most prominent aristocratic households" according to the [Evening Standard](https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/napier-marten-constance-marten-missing-artistocrat-father-arrested-b1054208.html). [Mark Gordon](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/). [BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64794712) reports that the couple left their home in Eltham, south-east London, in September, after [Constance](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/) first showed signs of pregnancy, and were living a nomadic lifestyle since. [Constance Marten](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/) is. [Constance](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/) is understood to have studied Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Leeds before completing an NCTJ journalism qualification. [The couple](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/) were arrested on suspicion of child neglect and remains in custody, with the [Metropolitan Police](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23351138.brighton-constance-marten-mark-gordon-found-baby-still-missing/) relaying that they are being questioned. The definition of an aristocrat is to be a member of the aristocracy which is amongst the highest class of certain societies. [The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/constance-marten-mark-gordon-missing-who-b2266553.html) Constance is directly descended from the 3rd and last Baron Allington and once lived in the £34 million Crichel country house in Dorset. The pair were located by officers from Sussex Police in Stanmer Villas, Brighton last night (Monday, February 27) after a member of the public reported seeing them shortly before 9.30 pm.

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, the runaway couple have been further arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter as police search for their ...

She met Gordon in 2016 and since then the couple had led an isolated life. In all the CCTV images and videos seen by the police, their faces were covered as they deliberately tried to go undercover. Police learned that Ms Marten had given birth, possibly in the back of the vehicle without a midwife. The police now feared that the couple may have harmed the baby. The couple was arrested when the metropolitan police were looking for their baby under an urgent search operation. UK's runaway couple, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were arrested on Monday late at night in Brighton.

Here is a timeline of what has happened since Constance Marten, Mark Gordon and their baby disappeared in January: – January 5 – an investigation is ...

They walk to where the A259 crosses over the B2109, and are seen sheltering from the rain under an overpass at around 6am. They also say the couple have enough cash to live off-grid as they avoid the police. Shortly before midnight they dump their buggy near Brick Lane, east London, and take a taxi to Haringey in north London. Investigators discover the family walked away from the car to the Anchor Lane Bridge. It is here that Mark Gordon goes into a branch of Argos alone and buys camping equipment including sleeping bags and a two-person tent. From there they take a taxi to Whitechapel road, getting dropped off just before 6.15pm.

They had been missing for 53 days. A search for them began when their car was found on fire near Bolton. Police say Ms Marten had recently given birth.

On the previous day, allotments and the golf course were searched. A car belonging to Ms Marten and Gordon, 48, was found on fire on the side of the M61 motorway in Bolton on 5 January. After their car was found on fire, police said the family left the scene and travelled to Liverpool, Essex, London and East Sussex. A Facebook Group for the Roedale Valley allotments were told police had broken into every shed on the site in their search for the baby. They said the baby may have been born in the back of the vehicle, without a midwife or medical attention. The parents, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, were arrested in Brighton on Tuesday on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.

Police in the UK are continuing to search for a missing baby after two people were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of gross negligence-manslaughter.

The duo were found by officers from Sussex Police in Brighton on February 27, along with their newborn baby, after a member of the public reported seeing them shortly before 9.30pm. An abandoned car was found in Bolton on January 5 but the pair were spotted by police in Essex just after midnight the following morning. He was deported to the UK in 2010 and is believed to have met Ms Marten in 2016. He was jailed in the late 1980s for 20 years for rape and battery after an attack on a woman when he was aged 14 in Florida. Police in the UK are continuing to search for a missing baby after two people were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of gross negligence-manslaughter. [were taken into custody after a member of the public spotted them.](https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41081690.html)

A MOTHER and father who have been on the run since January have been arrested for "manslaughter" - but their newborn baby is still missing.Aristocrat.

Officers in a police car then attempted to arrest them and then back-up arrived. One resident Anna Drake, 34, told The Sun: “The couple were seen around Hollingbury Place – a parade of shops. Look behind you, and let's get going" before they walked in a line, scouring the area. “There was quite a commotion. “I know you well enough; you are focused, intelligent, passionate and complex with so much to offer the world. It would have been far better if they had handed themselves in earlier.” “I want to help you and my grandchild. He was screaming and shouting. You are not alone in this situation. Virginie de Selliers wrote: “You are not alone in this situation. [Tatler’s babe of the month](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10084204/missing-constance-marten-rapist-lover/)page while she was a student in 2008. [Virginie de Selliers](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10183851/constance-marten-mark-gordon-missing-update/)and father, [Napier Marten](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10078427/aristocrat-dad-missing-mum-baby-sex-offender-plea/), who was a page to Queen Elizabeth.

Couple being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter have yet to tell police location of infant.

Taxi drivers used by the couple in the first few days after they went missing said they had heard noises coming from a baby. Marked police vehicles were stationed along Golf Drive and a uniformed officer stood guard at the bottom of the road. Officers from London’s search and rescue team could be seen in orange hi-vis jackets searching Moulsecoomb Wild Park, about a mile from where the couple were arrested.

Police and London Search and Rescue are looking across a vast area near Brighton as they try to find the two-month-old.

“I can now confirm that they have been further arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter and that they remain in custody at police stations in Sussex. However, confirming Marten and Gordon had been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, Mr Basford said police had to consider the possibility the baby had “come to harm”. The couple have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect and gross negligence manslaughter as fears for the baby's safety rise.

They had been missing for 53 days. A search for them began when their car was found on fire near Bolton. Police say Ms Marten had recently given birth.

On the previous day, allotments and the golf course were searched. A car belonging to Ms Marten and Gordon, 48, was found on fire on the side of the M61 motorway in Bolton on 5 January. After their car was found on fire, police said the family left the scene and travelled to Liverpool, Essex, London and East Sussex. A Facebook Group for the Roedale Valley allotments were told police had broken into every shed on the site in their search for the baby. They said the baby may have been born in the back of the vehicle, without a midwife or medical attention. The parents, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, were arrested in Brighton on Tuesday on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.

A "hugely difficult and painstaking" search for a missing baby continues, police say, adding that it's possible they have come to serious harm · It comes after ...

We're waiting for officers from the Metropolitan and Sussex Police services to come out in the next few minutes to address reporters. The pair are arrested by Sussex Police on suspicion of child neglect, but the infant isn’t found They then take a taxi from East Ham to Whitechapel, also in east London. They said that since they saw the news of the arrests they were so concerned for the wellbeing of the baby, they wanted to help. They leave it there and catch a taxi that takes them to Liverpool. An application for another 36 hours in detention for Constance Marten and Mark Gordon has been sought. The couple met in 2016. He says detectives from the Met's Specialist Crime Command are now leading efforts to locate the baby in this "very complex" investigation. The statement has finished now and there were no questions at the end. Some of them have been there since the early hours of this morning. In the woods near the allotments being searched by police I met two local residents, Sally and Allan. And there are still lots of questions raised by this frantic search across Sussex.

Metropolitan and Sussex police are using helicopters, sniffer dogs, thermal imaging cameras and drones, and teams will continue to work in the coming days, ...

On Tuesday her father, Napier Marten, expressed his immense relief that she had been found, but said he remained alarmed that the baby was missing. He said officers had received no information about the welfare or location of the child since the pair were detained. Marten, 35, who comes from an aristocratic family with royal connections, first went missing with boyfriend Mr Gordon, 48, when their car was found abandoned and on fire at the edge of the M61 on January 5.

Police and London Search and Rescue are looking across a vast area near Brighton as they try to find the two-month-old.

“I can now confirm that they have been further arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter and that they remain in custody at police stations in Sussex. However, confirming Marten and Gordon had been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, Mr Basford said police had to consider the possibility the baby had “come to harm”. The couple have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect and gross negligence manslaughter as fears for the baby’s safety rise.

Where was Constance Marten found? And when did she go on the run with boyfriend Mark Gordon? Here's everything you need to know, including her family life, ...

"Officers from Sussex Police attended the location and the pair were arrested. How old is she and does she have any other children? So who is Constance Marten?

More than 200 police officers are searching an area centred on land between Brighton and Newhaven following the couple's arrest on Monday.

By midday, members of the team had been on shift for 14 hours, and had walked 13km in search of the baby. Since then, more than 200 police officers have been looking for the child, with the search focussed on an area including allotments and woodland in the city. Specialist teams have been scouring parkland around a mile from where the aristocrat and her partner were arrested in Brighton, with officers concentrating on an allotment and woodland in the city. Mr Basford said Marten and Gordon remained in police custody - and an application to extend their detention for a further 36 hours had been made to the courts. Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford called on the public to report suspicious behaviour and items as an urgent search continues for the baby of aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon. Police searching for a missing baby have urged people to look out for items that have dumped in gardens, outbuildings and sheds since January - as the newborn's parents continue to be held in custody.