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| Bodies of Charlotte Bevan and missing daughter Zaani found | Bodies of Charlotte Bevan and missing daughter Zaani found |
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| The body of a baby girl has been discovered close to where her mother was found dead following their disappearance from a hospital. | |
| Charlotte Bevan left St Michael's Hospital in Bristol with her four-day-old daughter Zaani, on Tuesday. | Charlotte Bevan left St Michael's Hospital in Bristol with her four-day-old daughter Zaani, on Tuesday. |
| Ms Bevan's body was found on Avon Gorge on Wednesday night. Zaani's body was found nearby on Thursday afternoon. | |
| Paying tribute, her mother Rachel Fortune said: "My beautiful daughter and granddaughter are now at peace." | |
| Ms Bevan sparked a major police search when she left the hospital without a coat and wearing only hospital slippers, with her baby wrapped only in blankets. | Ms Bevan sparked a major police search when she left the hospital without a coat and wearing only hospital slippers, with her baby wrapped only in blankets. |
| Police, her mother and her boyfriend Pascal Malbrouck, who was Zaani's father, appealed for her to return home after she vanished. | |
| The hospital has launched a review into the circumstances that led to her disappearance. | The hospital has launched a review into the circumstances that led to her disappearance. |
| Det Ch Insp Simon Crisp said the body of Ms Bevan was found on Wednesday night after a member of the public, walking on a cliff-top path, spotted the white hospital slippers and a multicoloured-blanket on the gorge edge. | |
| "As a result of the media coverage that person put two and two together and rang police yesterday evening," he said. | "As a result of the media coverage that person put two and two together and rang police yesterday evening," he said. |
| "An extensive search... led to the finding the body of a woman who was later formally identified as Charlotte Bevan. | "An extensive search... led to the finding the body of a woman who was later formally identified as Charlotte Bevan. |
| "The search continued for her new-born daughter. | "The search continued for her new-born daughter. |
| "A short time ago on the cliff face, close to Charlotte, the body of a small baby girl has been found. | "A short time ago on the cliff face, close to Charlotte, the body of a small baby girl has been found. |
| "No formal identification has taken place but we anticipate that's going to be Charlotte's daughter. | "No formal identification has taken place but we anticipate that's going to be Charlotte's daughter. |
| "At the moment, we are not treating either death as suspicious." | "At the moment, we are not treating either death as suspicious." |
| In a family statement, Ms Fortune thanked everyone involved in the search. | In a family statement, Ms Fortune thanked everyone involved in the search. |
| "The response and support from the public has been overwhelming, " she said. | "The response and support from the public has been overwhelming, " she said. |
| "The family would like to thank all the friends of Pascal, Charlotte and Zaani, some of whom we have only met today. | "The family would like to thank all the friends of Pascal, Charlotte and Zaani, some of whom we have only met today. |
| "We would also like to give our thanks to Avon and Somerset Police and the volunteers from Avon Search and Rescue." | "We would also like to give our thanks to Avon and Somerset Police and the volunteers from Avon Search and Rescue." |
| Police described Ms Bevan as a "good mother" who was making "great progress" in hospital. | Police described Ms Bevan as a "good mother" who was making "great progress" in hospital. |
| Friends described her as part of a "happy couple" and said her disappearance was "out of character". | Friends described her as part of a "happy couple" and said her disappearance was "out of character". |
| 'No powers' | |
| Ms Bevan was believed to have schizophrenia and depression and had been sleep-deprived after giving birth. | Ms Bevan was believed to have schizophrenia and depression and had been sleep-deprived after giving birth. |
| University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, which runs St Michael's Hospital, said when women first contact the service they are screened for new and existing mental health problems. | |
| It said women identified as "potentially at risk" would have consultant-led care, the involvement of mental health teams as necessary and the involvement of their GP. | |
| Women thought to be a "danger to themselves or others" would be cared for in a mental health unit and accompanied by a mental heath nurse while in the maternity unit. | |
| But, it added, it had no powers to stop mothers leaving unless there were legal restrictions on her movements. | |
| A trust spokesman said Ms Bevan discharged herself for "reasons unknown" and there had been no signs she was planning to leave. |