Constance Marten

An urgent search operation is underway to find their baby, who has not had any medical attention since birth in early January.

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.

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".

Missing aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon are in police custody after being arrested in Brighton.

[police](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/police) to investigate her links with a Nigerian cult church [following claims](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/constance-marten-missing-aristocrat-mark-gordon-b2279865.html) that she was allegedly “brainwashed” there. After serving a 20-year sentence, he was deported back to the UK in 2010. After serving a 20-year sentence he was deported back to the UK in 2010, The runaway aristocrat and her boyfriend, a convicted sex offender, were arrested after they were located in Brighton alone. He said: “They [Marten and Gordon] have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect and there is a search for the baby. We are deeply concerned for your and your baby’s welfare”. Police are sweeping Brighton this morning in their efforts to locate Constance Marten's baby after she was found without the infant. [Metropolitan Police](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/metropolitan-police) said an urgent search operation is underway to find their baby as DSI Lewis Bashford revealed that the couple have not told them, where the baby is or even its gender. “The arrest location was close to open land and the couple were moving towards that land. Searches are focused in the area where the couple was found, according to Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford. This footage shows the early morning scene as officers work to find the newborn. [Constance Marten](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/constance-marten) and her partner Mark Gordon [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, officers have confirmed.

An urgent search operation is underway to find their baby, who is still missing and has not had any medical attention since birth, police said.

It is unknown if their baby was full-term or has any health issues. The couple and their baby were believed to be sleeping in a tent in sub-zero temperatures, police said after Gordon was spotted in an Argos on Whitechapel Road on 7 January, where he bought a blue two-man tent, two sleeping bags and two pillows. From around September last year, the couple, who amassed a substantial amount of cash to enable them to live off-grid and evade the attention of the authorities, had began living in Airbnbs around the country. 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. [deployed in the search](https://inews.co.uk/news/constance-marten-missing-aristocrat-may-camping-sussex-countryside-newborn-baby-police-2129143?ico=in-line_link). [Missing aristocrat Constance Marten ](https://inews.co.uk/news/constance-marten-aristocrat-family-missing-mother-newborn-turn-herself-2093280?ico=in-line_link)and her partner Mark Gordon are in police custody after being arrested in Brighton on suspicion of child neglect, police said.

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.

The newborn was thought to be days old when the couple disappeared in January. The pair remain in custody and are being questioned, the Metropolitan Police told ...

My concern as always has been the baby being exposed to the elements." 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. Their car was found on fire on the M61 on 5 January, and it is believed Ms Marten had given birth either in or near the car a day or two earlier. 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. Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were found after a sighting by a member of the public in Brighton's Stanmer Villas area on Monday evening.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Constance Marten – latest: Police search allotment as her father talks of fears for missing baby · The couple have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect as ...

The runaway aristocrat and her boyfriend, a convicted sex offender, were arrested after they were located in Brighton alone. After serving a 20-year sentence he was deported back to the UK in 2010, We are deeply concerned for your and your baby’s welfare”. Police are sweeping Brighton this morning in their efforts to locate Constance Marten's baby after she was found without the infant. He said: “They [Marten and Gordon] have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect and there is a search for the baby. “The arrest location was close to open land and the couple were moving towards that land. “The arrest location was close to open land and the couple were moving towards that land,” he added. Searches are focused in the area where the couple was found, according to Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford. [Metropolitan Police](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/metropolitan-police) said an [ urgent search operation is underway to find their baby](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/constance-marten-napier-missing-baby-brighton-b2291068.html) as DSI Lewis Bashford revealed that the couple have not told them, where the baby is or even its gender. The Independent understands that the police search has initially worked outwards from the location of their arrest, with officers combing allotments a short walk away. Police have found a pair of child ear muffs in the search for the missing baby of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon. Police have found a pair of child ear muffs in the search for the missing baby of

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."

'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.”

Missing former aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon were arrested in Brighton last night as police continue to search for their newborn ...

The 28-year-old told the Daily Mail: "I heard they’d been seen in the street and a call went out to the police. I’ve been told they’ve been searching for the baby all night and using heat-seeking cameras and other specialist gear. He told BBC Breakfast: "We've seen the change in the weather forecast since 5 January. "The arrest location was close to open land and the couple were moving towards that land. It is quite terrifying really to think that a baby could be out there in the cold, all alone. Laetitia Long, 30, said: "Police were searching all night and we could hear the sound of he police helicopter above us. They also say the couple have enough cash to live off-grid as they avoid the police. They walk to where the A259 crosses over the B2109, and are seen sheltering from the rain under an overpass at around 6am. Residents in the area are being asked to check sheds and outhouses. A member of public reported seeing the pair in Stanmer Villas, Brighton. 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.

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.

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.

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 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, 35, and Mark Gordon, 48, were arrested in Brighton yesterday evening (February 27)

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." They added that over 200 officers are currently taking part in the search. The arrest location was close to open land and the couple were moving towards that land. Police have been focusing their search on the area the arrest took place. There is increased concern due to the baby potentially being exposed to the elements. It is reported that over 200 police officers are now searching for the missing baby.

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.

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon have been further arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, police have said. Speaking to reporters in Brighton, detective superintendent Lewis Basford also said that the risk to the couple's missing baby was ...

[Constance Marten](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/constance-marten) and Mark Gordon have refused to tell police where the two-month-old infant is, or if the baby has come to harm, since being arrested after a member of the public spotted them outside a Brighton corner shop. Marten and Gordon have since been further arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, with fears growing over their missing baby. [England](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/england) after a tipoff from a member of the public. We are deeply concerned for your and your baby’s welfare”. CCTV footage shows aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon moments before their arrest on Monday evening (27 February). Police are worried the infant may have “come to harm” as the pair have not provided any further information about the condition or whereabouts of the child. The couple was caught and arrested in Brighton after a tip-off from the public. They have been spotted around the country, and police said they sought to avoid being detected by paying for everything in cash and covering their faces when on CCTV. [UK police search for infant after missing couple arrested](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-constance-marten-london-bbc-police-b2291265.html) “They saw the couple withdrawing cash and dialled 999. “We must retain that hope that the baby is found safe and well. [who are in police custody](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/constance-marten-found-missing-couple-baby-b2290803.html), were initially arrested in [Brighton](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/brighton) on [suspicion of child neglect](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/constance-marten-missing-aristocrat-children-run-b2290955.html) after a member of the public reported seeing them shortly before 9.30pm.

Missing former aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon were arrested in Brighton, East Sussex, last night as police continue to search for ...

They also say the couple have enough cash to live off-grid as they avoid the police. They walk to where the A259 crosses over the B2109, and are seen sheltering from the rain under an overpass at around 6am. Residents in the area are being asked to check sheds and outhouses. A member of public reported seeing the pair in Stanmer Villas, Brighton. "A couple of police were struggling to take him down and then a second car arrived. Shortly before midnight they dump their buggy near Brick Lane, east London, and take a taxi to Haringey in north London. The Metropolitan and Sussex police forces said in a statement around 4.30pm yesterday that the pair had since been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. The pair had been missing and travelling around the UK until they were detained on Tuesday. They did not have their newborn with them at the time. [Police are carrying out tests on the baby's placenta](https:// https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mystery-over-constance-martens-missing-29333302) that was found left in the couple's car found abandoned on the M61 in Bolton, Greater Manchester, on January 5. “I was in the van - they got him at around 9pm." [200 police are searching for the newborn](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-missing-aristocrat-constance-marten-29330036) within a 10-mile radius between Brighton and Newhaven, East Sussex, around the area where the pair were arrested.

The couple have not provided police with any details about their baby's location after they were arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter ...

Support from the public is vital and we ask people to remain vigilant.” A heavy police presence remains near Stanmer Villas, where the couple were arrested. The pair had used taxis to first travel to Liverpool, then Harwich in Essex, and on to east London, before arriving in Sussex on January 8. He conceded the cold weather meant that officers had to be open to the investigation not “ending in the way we would like”. Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford said police still hoped to find the child safe and well, but he said police had to consider the possibility the baby had “come to harm”. “We have had a significant period of time in the custody facility with both Constance and Mark,” he said.

The lengthy search for the family began when their car was found on fire abandoned next to the M61 in Bolton.

Police cannot find the baby. Shortly before midnight they dump their buggy near Brick Lane, east London, and take a taxi to Haringey in north London. January 24 January 19 January 18 January 12 January 9 The baby was not with them. January 8 January 7 January 6 January 5

Her upbringing had all the trappings of high society, so how did Constance Marten come to be on the run for weeks on end with a sex offender 13 years her ...

It is thought their trip to Harwich Port was in the hope of taking a ferry to the continent. In his appeal in January, he told Constance: “I beseech you to find a way to turn yourself and your wee one in to the police as soon as possible, so you and he or she can be protected. Marten was apparently estranged from her family by this point, and she does not appear in the Vogue photoshoot that marked the 2021 wedding of her brother, Max, to the jewellery designer Ruth Aymer. In 2014, she became professionally qualified as a journalist, and spent a day interning at the Daily Mail. In 1990, when he was 15, Gordon was found guilty of kidnap and sexual battery, and he spent 20 years in jail. Toots, as she is known to friends and family, studied Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Leeds, starting in 2008. He later told how a voice in his head had told him to discard the £115m family fortune, shave his head and fly to Australia. But Marten dropped out of the course in 2016, they said. By the time it closed in 2020, due to financial issues brought on by the pandemic, the school charged boarders more than £30,000 a year. And to see you so vulnerable again is testing in the extreme. Marten was born in 1987 to Napier and Virginie De Selliers. [CCTV image show 48-year-old Mark Gordon](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/constance-marten-mark-gordon-missing-timeline-b2279856.html), the rapist partner of Constance Marten, 35, leaving an Argos after purchasing a tent, which police believe the family slept in with their newborn baby.

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.

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.