Everything we know about retired British couple found dead in France

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Orcibal also said that he believes that Mr and Ms Searle’s deaths were not a “family tragedy”, with a domestic dispute also among the possible theories for the deaths. “When they arrived they made contact with the neighbours and in September, they would often have a meal with everyone at their house.” open image in gallery Dawn and Andrew Searle lived in the French village of Les Pesquies, south of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, pictured ) She added that the pair were “such a friendly couple” who “had a barbecue every year at the end of summer and everyone was invited”. Dawn Searle’s son Callum Kerr, an actor who has previously appeared in soap Hollyoaks, has said that the family are “grieving the tragic loss” of the couple. Mr Searle’s father Fred Searle, 88, who flew to France following the tragic news, told The Sunday Times: “We’ve got thousands of questions and very few answers.”