France : British Couple found dead
 

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[Brits' double-murder in France: New details emerge
of terrifying scene, dog walker stumbled
across at the couple's dream home in
rural hamlet - amid fears UK gangsters may
be responsible]



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...gangsters.html


They had a Nice home in France


[Andrew Searle is said to have moved
his family to France a decade ago
after working as a financial investigator
in the 'fight against organised crime
and terrorism'.

On Friday, the couple's property
and surrounding land in the hamlet had
been turned into an extensive crime scene.

'Both died a violent death,'
regional prosecutor Nicolas Rigot-Muller said,
adding however he could not yet
provide further details.

'All leads are being examined',
he said, adding that
the investigation was
in its early stages.]

[An investigating source said:
'A criminal enquiry has been launched
and the fear is that the couple was murdered.]

Sounds grim….poor people.

…very, very gruesome…and such contrasting reports of a ‘robbery that went wrong’ but also reporting a possible ‘hitman’ murder of them…Andrew Searle spent his working career fighting organised crime and terrorism…I think they only married a few years ago…very sad, very horrifying murder…

Couldn’t have been me. I’m never in Europe :cool:

He must have been aware
of the Evil Criminals tracking him................


He should had more Guns
at easy reach

….hmmmmm, I don’t know…there seems something a little off about that being the theory in that he’d retired there 10 years ago so to have taken that long to ‘track’ him just doesn’t seem to fit and he doesn’t seem to have made himself difficult to ‘track’…its very odd …Dawn Searle/Dawn Kerr’s son is an actor/country singer apparently who was in Hollyoak’s back in the day…

Perhaps someone just got out of Prison :shrug:

His ex work colleagues have now ruled out that he was targetted as he worked anonymously and as part of a bigger team

Police are considering murder suicide as the lady was found in her PJs beaten to death by the front door and he was found hanged.....would a burglarly gone wrong go to the lengths of hanging him? Their families dispute the murder/suicide angle

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Evil Double Murder
for sure

Awful. I seriously doubt someone would hang him, that sounds more like a murder suicide. Poor woman

…it’s being reported that the investigation atm is focused on their mobile phones and Andrew Searle’s phone in particular as two sets of neighbours have said that he was seen in what seemed like an ‘in an agitated phone call days before he died and looked worried’…there’s something really off about their deaths, I can’t believe that it is connected to his previous work when he’d retired from that 10 years ago and he hadn’t been in any way ‘hiding’ had he, so why wait 10 years for any type of ‘revenge killing’ because of his work…

…the families/children don’t believe that it’s a burglary gone wrong or a murder suicide…I believe that Dawn Searle/Kerr was found naked outside the home and her jewellery next to her…they hadn’t been married that long…


…it seems a strange thing that she had violent blows to the head but we haven’t been told of any violence to him other than he was found hanged with a gag in his mouth…and that could have been suicide…

[been told of any violence to him]

Sure as he was Hanged

If burglars had time to beat her to death and hang him why would they leave jewellery behind, makes no sense

I assume it was Revenge Murders

My theory is he had money issues and killed her before taking his own life.

…obviously we’ll wait to to see what develops but those are my same thoughts atm as well…

Sure
could also be possible

That has been ruled out

Yes, unfortunately statistically that's the most realistic option

OK

Today they give
us the Post Mortem
results.

ITV1HDnews

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[The couple moved to the south of France from Scotland
around a decade ago.
Pictured is the house where Mr and Mrs Searle
were discovered in Les Pesquies]

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[Less than 24 hours before he was found dead,
Mr Searle seemed happy and relaxed
as he bought a chocolate bar and two lottery tickets
before thanking the shopkeeper
and going to his car outside where his wife,
aged in her mid-50s, was waiting]

[Money problems of Brit found dead with his wife
in their French home: Husband liquidated rental
firm in 2023, 'was seen crying over pension
issue and took months to pay a bill
of several thousand euros']


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ed-rental.html