Body found in missing tourist search

Written By Unknown on Senin, 04 Agustus 2014 | 19.21

4 August 2014 Last updated at 12:38

A body has been found in the search for a Denbigh pensioner missing in Crete.

The family of Arthur Jones, 73, has been informed, North Wales Police said.

Mr Jones, a keen walker with 40 years' experience, has not been seen since 19 June - two days after he arrived on the Greek island for a holiday. His family believed he may have gone out on his own walking.

Family members flew to the island to help search for the pensioner, and were later joined by North Wales Police.

Missing person coordinator Mark Owen, from North Wales Police, said: "Following contact with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office this morning we understand the body of a man has been recovered by Greek authorities from a rural location in the Chania area of northern Crete.

"A formal identification process will take place but I can confirm the family of Denbighshire man Arthur Jones who has been missing in Crete, have been informed of developments and are assisting local police.

"Until a formal identification is made it would be inappropriate to comment further."

The alarm was raised when Mr Jones did not board his plane home on 24 June.

Official searches focused on the area between his hotel and a nearby war cemetery where he signed the visitors' book.

Shortly after Mr Jones' disappearance, his son Jeff Jones, from Prestatyn, flew out to the Greek island to help find his father.

He was heavily critical of the way Greek police were carrying out the investigation and appealed for help from North Wales Police.

A team flew out but its searches came to nothing.

Family members and friends also arrived on the holiday island and handed out 1,000 leaflets, hoping British tourists would remember bumping into the pensioner.

Sadly, no witnesses came forward.

A Facebook campaign to Find Arthur attracted support from over 3,000 people and Prime Minister David Cameron also pledged to do "everything he can" to help find Mr Jones.


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