French police confirm Hollyoaks star's mother and step-father died in murder-suicide

Officials investigating the deaths of Hollyoaks histrion Callum Kerr's parent and stepfather successful their idyllic location successful the French countryside person confirmed the brace died successful a murder-suicide. 

Andrew Searle, 65, and his woman Dawn, 56, who lone joined 2 years ago, were recovered dormant connected February 6 astatine their location successful Les Pequies, southbound westbound France by a horrified neighbour who was disquieted helium had not seen them retired with their dogs.

Mrs Searle was discovered successful her pyjamas extracurricular their location with a caput wounded and jewellery scattered astir her body.

Her husband, a erstwhile fiscal investigator, was recovered dormant wrong the house, hanging from a radiator.

Now, a authoritative successful complaint of the lawsuit has concluded that determination is nary grounds that different idiosyncratic was progressive successful their deaths, meaning that 1 of the spouses murdered the different earlier dying by suicide, the BBC said.

Back successful February, investigators reportedly believed that a marital crime followed by a termination was probable, aft examinations successful the location and plot failed to uncover grounds of a 3rd party. 

It was initially believed Mrs Searle had tried to tally distant from an attacker earlier she was caught and battered to death.

There was besides grounds of a frantic hunt wrong the property, with drawers and cupboards near unfastened and furnishings upended.

But enquiry sources said that Mrs Searle 'would person surely been heard by adjacent neighbours' if she had been murdered successful the garden.

Post-mortem introspection results besides showed determination were nary antiaircraft wounds connected Mr Searle, nor immoderate forensic grounds suggesting persons chartless touched him oregon his wife. 

The mates had started a caller beingness astatine a villa successful picturesque Les Pesquiès, northbound of Toulouse, aft moving from Musselburgh successful East Lothian, Scotland, 10 years ago. 

Jean-Sébastien Orcibal, the politician of Les Pesquiès, said the mates 'were highly blessed together'.

Mr Orcibal officiated astatine their wedding successful the hamlet successful 2023, erstwhile Mrs Searle was walked down the aisle by her histrion and state vocalist lad from a erstwhile marriage, Callum Kerr. 

Mr Kerr starred arsenic PC George Kiss successful Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks and has appeared successful the romanticist play Virgin River connected Netflix.  

Mr Kerr, who present lives successful the confederate US authorities of Tennessee, released a connection connected behalf of the Searles' grief-stricken children pursuing their deaths, saying: 'At this time, Callum Kerr and Amanda Kerr are grieving the nonaccomplishment of their mother, Dawn Searle, portion Tom Searle and Ella Searle are mourning the nonaccomplishment of their father, Andrew Searle.' 

Mr Searle was primitively from West Sussex, portion his woman grew up successful Eyemouth, Berwickshire.

It is understood that Mr Searle spent astatine slightest 20 years moving with the constabulary and Serious Fraud Office targeting organised transgression groups progressive successful fiscal crimes specified arsenic wealth laundering.

CCTV footage appeared to amusement his past known movements, entering a tobacconist successful Villefranche-de-Rouergue.

Less than 24 hours earlier helium was recovered dead, helium seemed blessed and relaxed arsenic helium bought a cocoa barroom and lotto tickets.

The Searles' galore friends and neighbours were astatine a nonaccomplishment arsenic to wherefore this calamity happened to them.