{"id":234136,"date":"2025-02-07T18:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/british-couple-found-dead-at-house-in-southern-france\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T18:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:00:06","slug":"british-couple-found-dead-at-house-in-southern-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/british-couple-found-dead-at-house-in-southern-france\/","title":{"rendered":"British couple found dead at house in southern France"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/02\/1920x1080\/skynews-villefranche-de-rouergue_6822383.jpg?20250207155009&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"British couple found dead at house in southern France\" title=\"British couple found dead at house in southern France\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>A British couple have been found dead at a house in rural southwest France.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are reportedly looking at whether they were killed during a burglary but all lines of inquiry are said to remain open.<\/p>\n<p>The identities of the victims have not been officially released but French news site La Depeche named them as Dawn and Andrew Searle.<\/p>\n<p>Their bodies were discovered on Thursday in the hamlet of Les Pesquies, near Villefranche-de-Rouergue, in the Aveyron department.<\/p>\n<p>French media reported they moved to the area about 10 years ago and were active in the local community.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Searle is said to have previously worked as an organised crime financial investigator in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>A LinkedIn profile in his name says he retired in 2015 after working for Barclays and Standard Life and was &#8220;enjoying life in rural France&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>His page talks about &#8220;over 20 years experience specialising in Financial Crime Prevention (AML, Fraud and Anti-Bribery) with a high profile in the industry and an extensive network of contacts&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/two-dead-after-plane-crash-in-sao-paulo-13304494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two dead after plane crashes into busy road<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/australian-politician-changes-his-name-to-aussie-trump-13304500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politician changes his name to &#8216;Aussie Trump&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police, gendarmerie, forensics officers and the public prosecutor were at the scene on Thursday, France3 reported.<\/p>\n<p>It said a neighbour discovered their bodies and quoted the local mayor as saying they were a popular couple who had dogs and got on with everyone.<\/p>\n<p>A Foreign Office spokesperson told Sky News: &#8220;We are supporting the family of a British couple who died in France and are liaising with the local authorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/british-couple-found-dead-at-house-in-southern-france-13304737\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A British couple have been found dead at a house in rural southwest France. Investigators are reportedly looking at whether they were killed during a burglary but all lines of inquiry are said to remain open. 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