Ian Stewart, the partner of children's author Helen Bailey, "has been charged with her murder after human remains were found at her home in Hertfordshire," BBC News reported. Stewart has also been charged with "perverting the course of justice and preventing lawful burial in April."
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Bailey created the Electra Brown series for teenagers and launched the blog Planet Grief after her husband of 22 years drowned on holiday in Barbados in 2011. She was last seen April 11, walking her pet dachshund near her home.
The Guardian noted that Bailey's memoir of her grief, When Bad Things Happen in Good Bikinis: Life After Death and a Dog Called Boris, "was published last year, and recounts how she met Stewart, whose wife died in 2011, through a bereavement group."
Bonnier Publishing released this statement: "We are all deeply saddened by Helen's death. Everyone that knew and worked with her at Bonnier Publishing found her to be a genuinely warm, funny and caring woman. Our thoughts go out to her family at this difficult time. We feel honored to have published her memoir and for her to have shared her story with us."