{"id":641664,"date":"2025-12-19T05:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/641664\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T05:53:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:53:00","slug":"woman-36-who-vanished-with-her-elderly-mother-for-seven-months-before-they-were-found-is-now-charged-with-her-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/641664\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman, 36, who vanished with her elderly mother for seven months before they were found is now charged with her murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-1002\/ed-holt.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ED HOLT<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  18:29 EST, 18 December 2025   |  Updated:  19:09 EST, 18 December 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A woman who vanished with her elderly mother for seven months before they were found has been charged with her murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Lorna Nightingale, 70, was found dead at an address in Walthamstow, east <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/london\/index.html\" id=\"mol-6606f390-dc63-11f0-976c-6dce13c90aa0\" rel=\"noopener\">London<\/a>, on Thursday December 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/met-police\/index.html\" id=\"mol-65fb33c0-dc63-11f0-976c-6dce13c90aa0\" rel=\"noopener\">Metropolitan Police<\/a> arrested her daughter, Emma Nightingale, at the scene and she has since been charged with her mother&#8217;s murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The women made headlines earlier this year when they were both reported missing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last\u00a0February, Lorna disappeared in Lowestoft, Suffolk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Then, her daughter &#8211; 36-year-old Emma &#8211;\u00a0 also vanished in Colchester in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Following an extensive police search the woman were both found &#8216;safe and well&#8217; in September 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In another dramatic turn of events, Emma\u00a0appeared at Thames Magistrates\u2019 Court on December 13 charged with her mother&#8217;s murder.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-39e91ad484c59cc\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/104862709-0-image-a-20_1766097838154.jpg\" height=\"991\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Lorna Nightingale, 70, with her daughter Emma Nightingale. Emma has now been charged with the murder of her mother\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Lorna Nightingale, 70, with her daughter Emma Nightingale. Emma has now been charged with the murder of her mother\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She is now due to appear at the Old Bailey on January 9.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In a previous statement the Metropolitan Police said: &#8216;Officers were called by the London Ambulance Service at around 10.14am on Thursday, 11 December to reports of an unresponsive woman at an address on Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A 70-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Emma Nightingale, 36 (13.06.1989), of Blackhorse Road, has been charged with murder. 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