Investigation into English Channel deaths

Grace Turner

Published: 9:59 am December 17, 2022

Updated: 10:38 pm September 7, 2025

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The circumstances surrounding the deaths of four people in the English Channel are being investigated by detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, assisted by the National Crime Agency.

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Kent Police was called to Dover to assist HM Coastguard following a report received in the early hours of Wednesday 14 December 2022 of a small boat in distress in the water.

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