French officials investigated the death of a British couple at their home in southwestern France, which he said was a murder and followed by suicide.

The bodies of Andrew and Dawn Searle, who had previously lived in East Lothian, Scotland Discovered on February 6 At their home in Les Pequies, about an hour north of Toulouse.

Mrs. Searle’s body was found in the garden with severe wounds on her head, while her husband’s body was found inside.

The prosecutor in charge of the case told the BBC there was no evidence that another person was involved in the death.

Mrs. Searle, 56, grew up in Eyemouth on the Scottish border, where Searle was originally from England.

They had lived in Musselberg before and got married in France in 2023.

Prosecutors said they had lived in the Aveyron area for five years.

According to his LinkedIn page, Mr. Searle, 62, has prevented financial crimes at companies including Standard Living and Barclays.

One of the couple’s neighbors reminded police of the incident in February, and they went to check on them when the planned dogs failed to show up.

The area around the property was sealed when the investigation was conducted and local police canceled the help of experts from Toulouse.

Send helicopters and drones to the site.

The autopsy confirmed that Mr. Syl died of hanging and that Mrs. Syl had “striked multiple blows to the head with blunt and sharp objects”.

Dawn Searle’s son, Hollyoaks actor Callum Kerr, made a statement on social media when he died

“Curr and Amanda Kerr are sad for the loss of their mother Dawn Searle (Née Smith, Née Smith), while Tom Searle and Ella Searle are mourning for the loss of their father Andrew Searle,” he said.

He demands respect for family privacy during this “hard time”.

Mr. Kerr, 30, walked his mother down the aisle when he married Searle at a ceremony in France in 2023.