Andrew and Dawn Searle, a British couple living in a rural hamlet in France, were found dead at their home. While the cause of death is yet to be determined, detectives are investigating the possibility of murder and are exploring the couple's past work in financial crime and organized crime investigations as potential motives.
DETECTIVES fear gangsters may have tortured and then murdered a British former organised crime investigator and his wife at their home in rural France .pooled holiday property in the hamlet of Les Pesquiès, near Villefranche-de-Rouergue.
He carried out an initial examination of the bodies, but did not find bullet or knife wounds, according to La Depeche du Midi. “They were very fit, and very popular locally, but there is a theory that they were being pursued by criminals from theThe profile also revealed the fluent English, French and German speaker was responsible for “sanctions screening” to stop money flowing to states likeHis sensitive work also involved “Intelligence and anti-bribery & Corruption” plus responsibility for all Anti-Financial Crime matters in the UK & Europe.
Advertised on the official Aveyron tourist website under the headline “At Andrew and Dawn’s”, the online ad read: “2 bedroom apartment fully furnished and equipped with swimmingAndrew and Dawn’s bodies were reported to have been found inside the property at around 1pm on Thursday by a neighbour after they did not arrive to walk theirFrench police immediately threw a large crime scene cordon around the property and have yet to divulge the cause of death.
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