Ex-partner of missing mother-of-five Sarah Wellgreen is re-arrested on suspicion of her murder more than two months after she vanished – as police search home where pair lived
- Mother of five Sarah Wellgreen went missing from her home in Kent in October
- Her ex-partner, Ben Lacomba, was previously questioned over her disapperance
- He was re-arrested on suspicion of murder today and is being held by police
Detectives investigating the disappearance of mother of five Sarah Wellgreen have re-arrested her ex-partner on suspicion of murder.
Ben Lacomba, 38, was initially detained and questioned as part of the missing persons inquiry after Ms Wellgreen, 47, vanished on October 9.
He was re-arrested today as the home they shared in New Ash Green, Kent is again being searched by police officers.
Sniffer dogs were brought to the end-of-terrace home today as part of the murder investigation.
Sarah Wellgreen went missing from her home in west Kent on October 9. Police have today re-arrested her ex-partner Ben Lacomba (pictured with a toy Nerf gun)
Mr Lacomba has continued living in the home they shared since Ms Wellgreen disappeared
Murder squad detectives are again searching the couple’s home in rural west Kent today
A Kent Police spokesman said: ‘Detectives investigating the disappearance of Sarah Wellgreen have re-arrested a man on suspicion of murder.
‘Following information received by the investigation team, a further search of a property in New Ash Green is being carried out on December 20.
‘The man, in his 30s, was previously arrested on 16 October in connection with the investigation. Enquiries continue.’
Sarah has not been in contact with any of her friends or family since the day she went missing and significantly, missed the 13th birthday of one of her sons.
She also failed to contact her family on her 47th birthday earlier this month. Her son, Lewis Burdett, 22, wrote an emotional post online on the day.
He wrote: ‘I just wanted to to say happy birthday to the most amazing woman I have ever known, my mum Sarah Wellgreen.
‘We all miss you so much, all of our family will still be celebrating your special day and we always will.
‘We all love you so much mum and wish you were here to spend this day with us.’
Police were seen coming and going from the family home in New Ash Green this morning
Sarah’s son Lewis Burdett posted an emotional message to his mother on her 47th birthday
Neil James, who beautician Ms Wellgreen had been dating in the weeks before her disappearance, also posted a message addressed to her online on the same day.
The father-of-two, of Farnham, Surrey, said: ‘Happy Birthday to our beautiful, loving mother of five wonderful children, a distraught mum’s missing daughter and totally adorable to all that know our Sarah Jane Wellgreen – we all love and miss you and wish we could share your birthday today with you in person.
‘Please anyone, if you could just help in anyway you can, please anything you can do! How can you….?’
Specially-trained officers have hacked through miles of woodland near her home in New Ash Green, Kent, and trawled through rivers to find her black iPhone 4 – which could hold vital information – but to no avail.
Hundreds of locals have joined police in searching for Sarah, and set up a Facebook page which has amassed more than 8,000 likes.
Ms Wellgreen, pictured with her boyfriend Neil James, who has appealed for information
Police have been searching local woodland and rivers for clues in the investigation
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