Hollyoaks star Callum Kerr breaks silence after mum & stepdad found dead at holiday home in France as cops probe murder

HOLLYOAKS prima Callum Kerr has breached his soundlessness aft his mum and stepdad were tragically recovered dormant successful France.

The bodies of Andrew, 62, and Dawn Searle, 56, were discovered successful Les Pesquiès, south of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, connected Thursday.

Dawn's son, Callum Kerr, is champion known for playing PC George Kiss successful the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks between 2020 and 2021.

Callum besides starred in Netflix's Virgin River - playing young Everett, Mel's father, successful the astir caller series.

Now "mourning" lad Callum has breached his soundlessness connected his beloved mum's death.

The station reads connected Instagram: "At this time, Callum Kerr and Amanda Kerr are grieving the nonaccomplishment of their mother, Dawn Searle (nee Smith, Kerr), portion Tom Searle and Ella Searle are mourning the nonaccomplishment of their father, Andrew Searle.

"We kindly petition that their privateness beryllium respected during this hard period.

"We volition supply updates arsenic appropriate. Thank you for your understanding."

The 30-year-old, who is besides a state vocalist based successful Nashville with his fiance, walked his parent down the aisle erstwhile she joined Andrew successful September 2023.

The vocalist released his latest azygous connected Friday, according to his Instagram.

'MOB HIT' FEARS

On Friday, caller accusation from the probe into the couple's deaths revealed that they whitethorn person been targeted by hitmen with Andrew being a erstwhile organised crime investigator.

The retired grandad played a cardinal relation successful cracking down connected wealth laundering crimelords and sanctions busters linked to rogue states like Russia.

He besides probed violent wealth trails earlier moving to France from Scotland a decennary agone pursuing his retirement.

Financial transgression adept Mr Searle worked arsenic a advisor for banking giant Barclays for 9 months earlier his retirement.

But anterior to that helium worked for much than 21 years for the Standard Life insurance company arsenic UK & Europe Financial Crime Manager.

He worked with cops and Serious Fraud Office against organised transgression groups progressive successful fiscal crimes similar wealth laundering.

His LinkedIn professional illustration said helium was: “Responsible for each Anti-Financial Crime matters successful the UK & Europe relation - providing an investigation service for the Group.”

Andrew had a agelong vocation of "fighting against organised transgression and terrorism," a French investigating root revealed.

They added: "A transgression enquiry has been launched and the fearfulness is that the mates were murdered.

"They were precise fit, and precise fashionable locally, but determination is simply a mentation that they were being pursued by criminals from the United Kingdom.

"It whitethorn good beryllium that gangsters with a people to settee are down these killings."

Shocking caller reports assertion that helium whitethorn person been tortured earlier his death.

Dawn had suffered a caput coiled and was recovered adjacent the beforehand doorway surrounded by scattered jewellery.

No weapons were recovered astatine the country and nary slug oregon weapon wounds were recovered successful an archetypal introspection of the bodies, a root adjacent to the probe told La Depeche du Midi.

The autopsies are expected to instrumentality spot connected Monday arsenic the couple's location continues to beryllium searched for clues.

Regional authoritative Nicolas Rigot-Muller - successful complaint of the probe - said: "Both died a convulsive decease - each leads are being examined."

A spokesperson for the Foreign Office told MailOnline: "We are supporting the household of a British mates who died successful France and are liaising with the Local Authorities."

Mr Searle was primitively from West Sussex, portion his woman Dawn came from Scotland.

The brace moved to agrarian France wherever they renovated the run-down spot that became their beloved location and vacation let.

Advertised connected the authoritative Aveyron tourer website nether the header "At Andrew and Dawn’s", the online advertisement read: "2 chamber flat (6-8 people) afloat furnished and equipped with swimming pool offering plentifulness of privacy.

"A beauteous flat successful the beauteous countryside, offering privateness and tranquility."

According to a section source, the mates were overmuch loved successful the country fashionable with British expats and had a engaged societal life.

The root said " they had galore friends locally and further afield including successful Britain, and often organised meal parties.

"They some loved the countryside, and were precise happily settled.

"They were precise arrogant of their house, which is situated good distant from different buildings successful the hamlet."

No arrests person been made successful transportation to their deaths.