SEARCH teams looking for Constance Marten and Mark Gordon's missing baby are scouring the same park where the Babes in the Wood victims were found.

Wild Park Local Nature Reserve in Brighton, East Sussex, has become a focus point in the search for the runaway duo's two-month-old.

Aristocrat Marten and her partner were arrested on Monday without their baby after 54 days on the run

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Aristocrat Marten and her partner were arrested on Monday without their baby after 54 days on the runCredit: Facebook
Searchers looking for Constance Marten's missing baby are scouring Wild Park where the Babes in the Wood victims were found

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Searchers looking for Constance Marten's missing baby are scouring Wild Park where the Babes in the Wood victims were foundCredit: PA
Wild Park Local Nature Reserve in Brighton, East Sussex, has become a focus point in the search for the runaway duo's two-month-old

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Wild Park Local Nature Reserve in Brighton, East Sussex, has become a focus point in the search for the runaway duo's two-month-oldCredit: PA
Nicola Fellows was murdered aged nine in Wild Park, Brighton

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Nicola Fellows was murdered aged nine in Wild Park, BrightonCredit: Alamy
Karen Hadaway was just nine when she was murdered by Russell Bishop

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Karen Hadaway was just nine when she was murdered by Russell BishopCredit: Alamy

It was here where the bodies of friends Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway, both nine, were found on October 10, 1986, a day after their murders.

Russell Bishop, 55, was sentenced to a minimum of 36 years in 2018 for the murders, he died in prison January 2022.

On Wednesday, officers looked under bushes and behind trees in the park for the infant who police say may have "come to serious harm".

They are part of a 200-strong team scouring a vast 91-square mile area across East Sussex.

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Search dogs, thermal imaging cameras, drones and helicopters are also in the area as police frantically search for the "at risk" child.

As well as Wild Park, searches are also taking place around Stanmer Villas, near where the pair were arrested, and Roedale Valley Allotments, both in Brighton.

It comes as runaways Marten and Gordon - currently in custody - refuse to tell cops where the baby is or even disclose its gender.

Aristocrat Marten and her partner were arrested on Monday without their baby after 54 days on the run.

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On Tuesday, the pair were further arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.

The specific charge gives police the power to detain the couple for a longer period of time while they are questioned.

The pair left their home in Eltham, South East London, sometime in September 2022, and began a nomadic lifestyle.

Before they vanished, it is thought Marten withdrew £15,000 of cash from an ATM.

The couple's car was found on fire on January 5 on the M61 near Bolton, Lancashire - it is thought Constance gave birth in the vehicle or near it in the days surrounding the incident.


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They were then spotted on CCTV at various locations across Liverpool, London, Essex and East Sussex.

Following the pair's disappearance, police told how the aristocrat became estranged from her family after meeting Gordon when she was a drama student in 2016.

The daughter of Napier Martin, a former page to the Queen, and granddaughter of Mary Anna Marten, whose godmother was the Queen Mother, Constance comes from a family of wealthy landowners.

She was deemed an 'it girl' when she appeared on upmarket mag Tatler's babe of the month page while she was a student in 2008.

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Searchers gather in Wild Park as they scour the land for the missing two-month-old infant

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Searchers gather in Wild Park as they scour the land for the missing two-month-old infantCredit: PA
On Wednesday, search teams looked under bushes and behind trees in the park for the infant who police say may have 'come to serious harm'

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On Wednesday, search teams looked under bushes and behind trees in the park for the infant who police say may have 'come to serious harm'Credit: PA
Mark Gordon was arrested alongside Constance Marten on Monday without their baby after 54 days on the run

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Mark Gordon was arrested alongside Constance Marten on Monday without their baby after 54 days on the runCredit: PA
As well as Wild Park, searches are also taking place around Stanmer Villas, near where the pair were arrested, and Roedale Valley Allotments, both in Brighton

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As well as Wild Park, searches are also taking place around Stanmer Villas, near where the pair were arrested, and Roedale Valley Allotments, both in BrightonCredit: Getty
The area where the bodies of Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows were found in Wild Park, Brighton, in 1986

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The area where the bodies of Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows were found in Wild Park, Brighton, in 1986Credit: PA:Press Association
Russell Bishop, 55, was sentenced to a minimum of 36 years in 2018 for the murders, he died in prison January 2022

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Russell Bishop, 55, was sentenced to a minimum of 36 years in 2018 for the murders, he died in prison January 2022Credit: PA