The pain of the family after the British couple dies in France

The son of a Scottish woman who was found dead along with her husband in France, said her family is mourning for the loss of the couple.

Mrs. Searle’s son, actor and singer Callum Kerr, issued a statement on social networks On behalf of the four shared children of the couple.

Andrew and Dawn Searle’s bodies, who were sixty, were discovered by a neighbor on Thursday at home in southwest France. They moved to the area from Scotland a decade ago.

The Major Local, Jean-Sébastien Orcibal, He told French television that the deaths were “clearly a homicide.”

The statement, Published in the Instagram of the Netflix and Hollyaks actorHe said: “At this time, Callum Kerr and Amanda Kerr are regretting the loss of her mother, Dawn Searle (Née Smith, Kerr) while Tom Searle and she Searle are crying the loss of her father, Andrew Searle.”

He requested that the privacy of the family be respected during this “difficult period,” added that they would provide updates as appropriate.

Mr. Kerr has appeared on the Virgin River in Netflix and touched PC Kiss in Hollyaks.

He has also released several country songs.

The 30 -year -old walked down the hall while married Mr. Searle in a ceremony in France in 2023.

In social networks, he wrote at that time: “Not many people can say that they walked for their own mother through the hall. What a pleasure. I love you mom.”

The couple’s bodies were found around 12:20 on Thursday at home in the village of Les Pesquiès, in a rural area north of the city of Toulouse.

The discovery was made by a neighbor, who went to verify them when they did not appear for a planned dog walk.

The area around his separate house has been sealed while investigations are conducted, and the local police have called for the expert help of Toulouse.

Forensic officers spent Thursday looking at the crime scene, with a helicopter, a drone, criminal investigation technicians and a forensic doctor deployed on the site.

So far no criminal case has been opened, and the police say that there is no favorite theory about how the couple died.

Orcibal, who represents the area of ​​Villefranche De-Ouergue, told BBC News that the cause of death was not yet clear.

He had previously dismissed speculations that the deaths were due to a “left bad” robbery, and said that “a knife was not found.”

Orcibal also said that the couple had become “very well integrated” in the town and used to regularly invite the neighbors, many of them expatriate partners, to have a drink.

According to his LinkedIn page, Mr. Searle had worked on financial crime prevention in companies such as Standard Life and Barclays Bank during his career.

Mrs. Searle grew in Eyemouth on Scottish borders, and Mr. Searle was originally from England.

The couple, who was 60 years old, lived in Musselburgh, near Edinburgh, before moving to Les Pesquiès, who is located south of Villefranche -de -Oruergue.

A spokesman for the United Kingdom Foreign Ministry said: “We are supporting the family of a British couple who died in France and is in contact with local authorities.”