Overview

• Callum Kerr and his sister Amanda issued a public statement on Tuesday urging friends of their mother not to attend Andrew Searle’s funeral and asking that Dawn not be included in the service or pictured alongside him.
• Dawn Kerr, 56, was found outside the couple’s home on 6 February with severe head injuries and jewellery nearby, while Andrew Searle, 62, was discovered hanged inside the property in Les Pesquiès, Aveyron.
• French prosecutors, including Fabrice Belargent, have said analysis shows no evidence of third‑party involvement and have treated the case as a murder‑suicide, with the investigation closed unless new evidence emerges.
• Initial lines of inquiry into a staged robbery or potential links to Searle’s past financial‑crime work were set aside as forensic findings pointed away from outside involvement.
• The family has launched fundraising and tribute efforts in Dawn’s name, including a GoFundMe benefiting Women’s Aid and a planned Mount Etna climb on what would have been her 58th birthday next May.