{"id":766402,"date":"2026-06-28T08:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T08:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/766402\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T08:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T08:30:12","slug":"chertsey-murder-man-charged-with-rape-after-girl-2-found-dead-at-surrey-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/766402\/","title":{"rendered":"Chertsey murder: Man charged with rape after girl, 2, found dead at Surrey home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/breakingNews1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Breaking News\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/p>\n<p>For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emails<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/breakingNews1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Breaking News\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A man charged with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/murder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">murder<\/a> of a two-year-old girl was found dead in a home in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/surrey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Surrey<\/a> has appeared in court.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Kerjean, 31, was also charged with rape of a child under 13 and sexual assault of a child under 13.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to a property in Pyrcroft Road, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/chertsey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chertsey<\/a>, at around 5.40pm on Thursday, following concerns about safety reports and the girl was found dead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/surrey-police\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Surrey Police<\/a> originally said she was aged three, but confirmed on Saturday that she was aged two.<\/p>\n<p>The force, whose major crime team is leading an investigation into the death, said on Thursday they believed it happened \u201cwithin a family setting\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Kerjean, a French national who was born in the Central African Republic, appeared at Guildford Magistrates\u2019 Court on Saturday and was remanded ahead of his next appearance at Guildford Crown Court on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01KW1KZE8YXVMGTVHVN3G0VMV2.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Police were called to a property in Pyrcroft Road, Chertsey, at around 5.40pm on Thursday, following concerns about safety reports and the girl was found dead\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/>Police were called to a property in Pyrcroft Road, Chertsey, at around 5.40pm on Thursday, following concerns about safety reports and the girl was found dead (PA)<\/p>\n<p>Detective Chief Superintendent Jon Groenen said: \u201cThis is a tragic incident, and our thoughts are with the child\u2019s family, as well as all those who knew her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur teams are working hard to build a picture of what happened, and a significant police presence will remain in Pyrcroft Road over the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate that the incident itself, as well as the significant police presence, will be concerning for residents and we would like to thank them for their co-operation as we conduct our investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The force said: \u201cAt this stage, we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, bouquets of flowers were left at the entrance to Syward Place, a flat complex on the corner of Pycroft Road and Bell Bridge Road.<\/p>\n<p>One said: \u201cI\u2019m surprised, that\u2019s very unusual for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/chertsey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chertsey<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Another said: \u201cIt\u2019s tragic. Things like that don\u2019t happen around here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":766403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,272543,239932,87674],"class_list":["post-766402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chertsey-incident","tag-pa2026","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}