Overview

• In a statement on August 19, Callum and Amanda Kerr asked that their mother not be included in arrangements for Andrew Searle’s funeral and urged Dawn’s friends to stay away and not share photos of the couple together.
• Andrew Searle, 62, and Dawn Kerr, 56, were found on February 6 at their home in Les Pesquiès, France, with Dawn discovered outside the front door and Andrew found hanged inside.
• The family says Dawn suffered multiple head blows and that Andrew’s injuries were consistent with self‑hanging, with no defensive wounds on him and no evidence so far of third‑party involvement.
• Police initially examined scenarios including a staged burglary or a targeted attack linked to Andrew’s former financial‑crime work, but investigators now treat a murder‑suicide as the prevailing hypothesis as inquiries continue.
• The siblings announced commemorations in Dawn’s name, including a GoFundMe supporting Women’s Aid and a planned climb of Mount Etna on May 18 to mark what would have been her 58th birthday.