London, Thanasis Gavos

Her detection body of an infant in a wooded area of ​​Brighton, the local and Metropolitan Police announced as part of inquiries into the missing newborn of a couple who had also been missing for weeks.

The case has shocked Britain, which has been following since the beginning of January the developments after the disappearance of Constance Marten, scion of an aristocratic family and her partner Mark Gordon, who had previously been convicted of rape.

The two have been arrested, first on suspicion of child neglect and then on suspicion of negligent homicide.

The 35-year-old woman and 48-year-old man were reported missing after they disappeared after their car broke down on a motorway near Bolton, north-west England, on January 5. The prevailing theory is that on the same day, in the same car, Marten gave birth to her child, for which she did not tell the authorities where she was, or even if it was a girl or a boy.

Police had received reports of the pair in various parts of the country and believed Marten and Gordon were trying to avoid detection by constantly moving and spending the night outdoors in a blue tent, also covering their faces when walking past CCTV cameras. television.

Before any new announcements, an autopsy will be performed.