Who is Mark Gordon?
AFTER 54 days on the run police found Mark Gordon and his partner Constance Marten - without their newborn.
Tragically on March 1, 2023 - two days after the couple were arrested - the remains of a baby were discovered amid a massive search.
Who is Mark Gordon?
Mark Gordon is the partner of Constance Marten and the father of her child.
The couple reportedly met in 2016.
Gordon is a convicted sex offender who served 20 years in a US jail for rape and battery.
He was found guilty of attacking a woman in Florida when he was just 14.
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He served his sentence in the US before being deported to the UK in 2010 and placed on the sex offenders register.
When did Mark Gordon go missing?
Mark Gordon and his family vanished on January 5 after their car burst into flames in Bolton.
They were on the M61 motorway at the time the blaze destroyed the car.
It's believed before they disappeared, Marten withdrew £15,000 of cash and the pair bought burner phones with multiple sim cards.
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They were thought to have spent time sleeping rough and travelling the country using cabs after being spotted buying camping equipment from an Argos in East on January 7.
Before they were found, the pair were last seen with their baby in Newhaven, East Sussex, on January 9.
CCTV captured images of the hooded pair dumping their child's pram in the port town.
Where was Mark Gordon found?
Following a nationwide search, Gordon and Marten were found on February 27, 2023, in Brighton after a tip-off from a member of the public.
The couple had been seen walking off the Sussex Downs by a member of the public who frantically called 999.
Police raced to the scene around 9.30pm and swooped on the pair - who did not have their baby with them.
The couple were allegedly spotted carrying a suitcase just hours before their arrest.
At the time a Met Police spokesman said: "The baby is still missing and an urgent search operation is taking place in the area."
A massive search operation ensued, with cops searching under cars and behind bins this morning in a bid to find the newborn.
The pair, who were arrested on suspicion of child neglect, refused to tell police the sex of their baby.
Cops said they hoped to find the baby alive and begged anybody looking after the child to come forward.
However, tragically two days later police confirmed they had found the remains of a baby amid their search.
At a press conference on the evening of March 1, police said the body was discovered in a wooded area in Brighton, near to where the pair were arrested on February 27.
Speaking at Sussex Police headquarters, Met Police Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford told reporters: "It is my very sad duty to update this afternoon, police officers searching a wooded area close to where Constance and Mark Gordon were arrested, discovered the remains of a baby.
"A post mortem examination will be held in due course.
"A crime scene is in place and work at the location is expected to continue for some time.
"This is an outcome that myself and that many officers who have been part of this search had hoped would not happen.
"I recognise the impact this news will have on many people who have been following this story closely and can assure them that we will do everything we possibly can to establish what has happened."
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As of the morning of March 2, 2023, a formal identification of the baby was yet to take place.
