The trial of Constance Marten and her boyfriend, Mark Gordon, took a dramatic turn as the court learned that Marten’s parents had hired private investigators in an attempt to locate their daughter.

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Marten, 36, and Gordon, 49, stand accused of the alleged killing of their newborn baby, Victoria, by taking her on the run in January of the previous year to evade intervention by social services. The discovery of the baby’s placenta in a car on a Manchester motorway sparked a massive police hunt, ultimately leading to the couple’s arrest after spending almost two months camping in the South Downs near Brighton.

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