"No trace": Desperate search continues for Dr Michael Mosley
The search for Dr Michael Mosley has ramped up after he disappeared while on holiday in the Greek islands.
The British health expert, known for popularising intermittent fasting for weight loss, was on holiday with his family on the island of Symi when he seemingly vanished without a trace on Wednesday.
Mosley, 67, set off on a hike along St Nicholas Beach on the island in the early afternoon but failed to return and was reported missing by his wife Dr Clare Bailey.
The search for the doctor has now expanded, as Channel 7 reporter Mylee Hogan explained on Sunrise on Friday.
“This morning the search has now expanded — they have called in crews from other islands to help,” Hogan said. “Those crews have come in on helicopter, they have drones, and dogs as well, to try to locate him."
Authorities believe he may have been affected by the heat during his walk, as Hogan said, “They are working on the theory he may have been impacted by the heat and fallen.”
“The area they’re searching where he was walking is only a 3km distance, but it is quite rugged, so they are trying to focus on that area (the walking track).”
According to a report in the UK’s Metro news outlet, a resident claimed it was “impossible” to get lost on the island.
Symi Mayor Eleftherios Papakalodoukas reinforced the sentiment, telling BBC News, “It is a very small, controlled area, full of people. So if something happened to him there, we would have found him by now.”
Senior police spokesperson Constantina Dimoglidou previously told the Daily Mail that ongoing searches had so far been unsuccessful.
“We have now asked the fire brigade to assist in the operation in case he may have slipped, tripped, fallen, or even bitten by a snake, remaining injured somewhere,” he said.
“There is just no trace of him. None whatsoever and that means that for us at least, every potential scenario is being investigated.”
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