LadyLucanfounddead in her home by police
LADY Lucan, whose husband famously vanished more than four decades ago, has been found dead at home.
Police forced entry to the 80-year-old’s home in Westminster yesterday afternoon after she was reported missing, and found her unresponsive.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: “Police attended an address on Eaton Row in Westminster ... following concerns for the welfare of an elderly occupant.
“Officers forced entry and found an 80-year-old woman unresponsive.
“Police and London Ambulance Service attended. Although we await formal identification we are confident that the deceased is Lady Lucan.”
Police say her death is being treated as unexplained but is not believed to be suspicious.
Her son George Bingham, the 8th Earl Lucan, said: “She passed away yesterday at home, alone and apparently peacefully.
“Police were alerted by a companion to a three-day absence and made entry today.”
Lady Lucan was one of the last people to see her husband John Bingham, the 7th Earl of Lucan, alive before he disappeared.
He vanished after the murdered body of Sandra Rivett, nanny to his three children, was found at the family home at 46 Lower Belgrave Street, central London, on November 7, 1974.
Even though he was officially declared dead by the High Court in 1999, Lord Lucan has reportedly been sighted in Australia, Ireland, South Africa and New Zealand, and there are even claims that he fled to India and lived life as a hippy called “Jungly Barry”.