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Constance Marten: Baby’s body found after massive police search, as cops question runaway aristocrat & Mark Gordon
A BODY has been found in the search for the missing baby of aristocrat Constance Marten and her lover Mark Gordon.
At a press conference this evening, police said the remains of a baby were discovered in a wooded area in Brighton, near to where the pair were arrested on Monday.
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Speaking at Sussex Police headquarters, Met Police Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford told reporters: "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.
"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.
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"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 remain in custody having been arrested on suspicion of child neglect and gross negligence manslaughter.
Formal identification of the body is yet to take place.
Marten and Gordon were arrested by cops in Brighton on Monday night - without their newborn baby - after 54 days on the run.
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It sparked a colossal hunt for the "high risk" baby with police fearing they may have left their child out in the open.
Since the pair's arrest police had been desperately searching across 91-square miles of East Sussex for the missing baby.
Over 200 officers were spotted searching under cars and behind bins in Stanmer Villas and nearby Roedale Valley Allotments.
Tuesday morning DSI Lewis Basford from the Met police said they were "hopeful" that the child was still alive.
However Police later admitted there was a "possibility the baby has come to harm" during the couple's seven weeks on the run.
Marten and Gordon were reported missing after their car broke down near Bolton, Greater Manchester, on January 5.
Cops previously said the new mum had given birth in her car days before the pair fled.
It's believed before they disappeared, Marten withdrew £15,000 of cash and the pair bought burner phones with multiple sim cards.
The pair ditched their burning car and a nationwide hunt for the three of them began.
They are believed to have spent time sleeping rough and travelling the country using cabs after being spotted buying camping equipment from an East Argos on January 7.
Concerns grew for the missing aristocrat, 35, and her baby, as temperatures across the country plummeted.
Before they were found, the pair were last seen with their baby in Newhaven, East Sussex, on January 9.
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CCTV captured images of the hooded pair dumping their child's pram in the port town.
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