Tina Baker was a British woman who disappeared in July 2002. In May 2002, Tina had rekindled a relationship with an old schoolfriend and separated from her husband. She had also asked her husband Martin for a divorce. She left her new partner's home on the day she disappeared, saying that she was going to feed the animals at Brookfield farm, which she and her husband owned. The farm was near Chobham. Her pet dog was found abandoned and her bank account was untouched. She was last seen in Sunbury, a town on the north bank of the River Thames in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, centred 16 mi southwest of London on 8 July 2002.
Her disappearance was initially treated as a missing persons case, but police became suspicious of her husband, Martin Baker. Detectives at the time feared that the 41-year-old was thrown to the pigs at the couple's farm in Chobham. Sniffer dogs had been used to search the farm for her remains, but they failed to find them. In October 2005, following an extensive investigation by the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team, Mr Baker was arrested and charged with her murder. The jury heard that Baker killed his wife when she began an affair with an old school friend, Derek Poplett, from Sunbury, and told him she wanted a divorce. Martin Baker was found guilty of Tina's murder at the Old Bailey although her body was never recovered. He was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 14 years. He had feared he would lose the £100,000 14 acre farm.
In August 2020 police began digging at Priest Lane near Bisley. The Army and special forensic teams were also involved. Her remains were not found.
Her disappearance was initially treated as a missing persons case, but police became suspicious of her husband, Martin Baker. Detectives at the time feared that the 41-year-old was thrown to the pigs at the couple's farm in Chobham. Sniffer dogs had been used to search the farm for her remains, but they failed to find them. In October 2005, following an extensive investigation by the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team, Mr Baker was arrested and charged with her murder. The jury heard that Baker killed his wife when she began an affair with an old school friend, Derek Poplett, from Sunbury, and told him she wanted a divorce. Martin Baker was found guilty of Tina's murder at the Old Bailey although her body was never recovered. He was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 14 years. He had feared he would lose the £100,000 14 acre farm.
In August 2020 police began digging at Priest Lane near Bisley. The Army and special forensic teams were also involved. Her remains were not found.
Tina Baker was a British woman who disappeared in July 2002. In May 2002, Tina had rekindled a relationship with an old schoolfriend and separated from her husband. She had also asked her husband Martin for a divorce. She left her new partner's home on the day she disappeared, saying that she was going to feed the animals at Brookfield farm, which she and her husband owned. The farm was near Chobham. Her pet dog was found abandoned and her bank account was untouched. She was last seen in Sunbury, a town on the north bank of the River Thames in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, centred 16 mi southwest of London on 8 July 2002.
Her disappearance was initially treated as a missing persons case, but police became suspicious of her husband, Martin Baker. Detectives at the time feared that the 41-year-old was thrown to the pigs at the couple's farm in Chobham. Sniffer dogs had been used to search the farm for her remains, but they failed to find them. In October 2005, following an extensive investigation by the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team, Mr Baker was arrested and charged with her murder. The jury heard that Baker killed his wife when she began an affair with an old school friend, Derek Poplett, from Sunbury, and told him she wanted a divorce. Martin Baker was found guilty of Tina's murder at the Old Bailey although her body was never recovered. He was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 14 years. He had feared he would lose the £100,000 14 acre farm.
In August 2020 police began digging at Priest Lane near Bisley. The Army and special forensic teams were also involved. Her remains were not found.
Her disappearance was initially treated as a missing persons case, but police became suspicious of her husband, Martin Baker. Detectives at the time feared that the 41-year-old was thrown to the pigs at the couple's farm in Chobham. Sniffer dogs had been used to search the farm for her remains, but they failed to find them. In October 2005, following an extensive investigation by the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team, Mr Baker was arrested and charged with her murder. The jury heard that Baker killed his wife when she began an affair with an old school friend, Derek Poplett, from Sunbury, and told him she wanted a divorce. Martin Baker was found guilty of Tina's murder at the Old Bailey although her body was never recovered. He was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 14 years. He had feared he would lose the £100,000 14 acre farm.
In August 2020 police began digging at Priest Lane near Bisley. The Army and special forensic teams were also involved. Her remains were not found.
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