Murder inquiry launched over missing woman and child as Dundee man charged

Bennylyn Burke, 25, from Gloucestershire, and her daughter last seen on 17 February

The disappearances of Bennylyn Burke and her two-year-old daughter, Jellica, are now being treated as a murder investigation, Police Scotland said. A 50-year-old man from Dundee has been arrested and charged in connection with the deaths of Burke and her daughter. Officers are still searching for their bodies.

The 25-year-old mother and her two children were reported missing from their south Gloucestershire home on Monday 1 March, having been last seen on 17 February. Burke's other child has been found and is being supported, according to police.