Mark Gordon and Constance Marten mysteriously disappeared with their newborn baby in early January. They left their burning car on the side of the road and don’t seem ready to be found. The police are worried about the baby’s health.
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 5th January police are called at the end of the day because of a burning car on this road near Bolton. When they arrive at the scene, officers find that the occupants of the car are gone. Investigators believe “most of their belongings were destroyed in the car fire,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
“The investigation revealed that Constance and Mark were the occupants of the car and that Constance had recently given birth, maybe a day or two before, and had not been examined by medical professionals,” police said.
While there is currently “no indication” that any of the three missing “did intentionally cause harm,” police want to find them “to make sure they’re okay, especially the baby,” said Lewis Basford, one of the investigators. in a statement.
Previews in London on January 7th
In any case, the couple does not seem to want to be seen. The various investigators working on her disappearance were able to determine that after their accident they had left the road on foot before getting to Liverpool in east England and then to Harwich in the south east.
They were also seen in Colchester and filmed at East Ham London Underground station on January 7th. This is the last time her presence at a specific location has been confirmed, so London Police have taken up the matter.
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If the case fascinates the British media, it is not only the mystery surrounding this disappearance, the reason for which is not yet clear, but also the profile of the people involved. Constance Marten, 35, comes from a noble English family. Her grandmother was the goddaughter of Elizabeth II’s mother, the “Queen Mother”.
Mark Gordon convicted of rape
Police have told several British media outlets that 48-year-old Mark Gordon spent 20 years in prison in the United States after being convicted of rape before being deported to Britain in 2010.
Constance Marten’s father, Napier Marten, told The Independent he was already aware of the conviction and had caused his family “great concern”. According to the Guardian, she cut ties with her family after meeting Mark Gordon in 2016. In a message for her daughter broadcast by the British media, Napier Marten “begged” her to turn herself in to the police.
“Dear Constance, while we are distancing ourselves at this time, I am willing, as I have always done and as the family has always done, to do whatever is necessary to ensure that you return to us safely,” he pleads.
Original article published on BFMTV.com
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