The baby was found last night, marking a tragic end to the long search.
Police in the Constance Marten and Mark Gordon investigation believe a baby found in woodland in Brighton “may have been dead for some time”.
Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford and Sussex Police Chief Superintendent James Collis pay their respects at a tribute on Golf Drive in Brighton, East Sussex, on Thursday Sussex Police Chief Superintendent James Collis and Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford
He added that officers have been “overwhelmed by kind messages and support” from the public and thanked “the huge number of people who have helped or offered to help in any way that they can”. Julia, 83, whose house overlooks the woodland said: “I was having dinner and my granddaughter said ‘they have found the baby.’“They had the forensics out in tents, there were half a dozen people and there were two white tents.“It is very upsetting, we were all in tears last night.”Danielle Mansell, 33, whose garden overlooks the same woodland, told PA: “”Last night there were big floodlights then out of the blue there was a tent as well.
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