Scotland Yard has taken over the search for a missing couple and their child which began in Bolton eleven days ago. The car the family had been travelling in was found abandoned and burning on the M61 near junction 4 at Farnworth.
Since then Greater Manchester, Essex and now the Metropolitan Police have been seeking Constance Marten, 35, Mark Gordon, 48, and their newborn baby boy. Constance is from a wealthy, landowning family with ties to the Royal Family.
It is believed Constance had very recently given birth and neither she nor the baby have been assessed by medical professionals. There were subsequent sightings of the couple in Harwich and Colchester in Essex. It is believed they paid in cash for a taxi first to Liverpool and then to Essex.
