Greg Monks, 38, vanished after becoming separated from friends just hours after they arrived for a five-day stag do in Albufeira, Portugal – he was last seen in navy Nike shorts and a t-shirt
The family of a British man who suddenly disappeared on a stag do have said they are ‘worried sick’ about him.
Greg Monks, 38, vanished after becoming separated from his friends during the first evening of their five-day trip to Portugal last week. He was last seen on CCTV in the residential area of Cerro de Aguia, located roughly four miles away from the main club and bar strip of Albufeira, on Tuesday 27 May. Searches for him began the next day, with his parents and girlfriend flying out to find any information they can, but there have been no further sightings.
Now, Mr Monks’s sisters Jillian and Carlyn have spoken of the anguish felt by the family back home since his disappearance – said they are still “waiting for answers”.
Carlyn told Sky News last night: “As a family, we’re worried sick. It’s just so unlike him, but myself and Jillian are just trying to hold each other up back home.”
Jillian also admitted their “unimaginable” fear that Greg may be “lying somewhere and we can’t find him”.
Greg, who is from Glasgow, had only been in the Algarve for a matter of hours before he disappeared, with he and his friends having checked into the Novochoro Apartments before heading out to the Albufeira Strip.
They then visited King’s Cross karaoke bar before Greg became separated from the rest of the group.
The family have shared a photograph of the last known picture of him, showing him in navy Nike shorts and a t-shirt of the same brand.
Jillian said his friends had raised the alarm the following morning when they told her “he’s not come home from the night before”, and asked whether they could track his phone to see his location.
When she first tried to report Greg as missing on the Wednesday, she said authorities initially did not appear to take the case “seriously” because “it hadn’t been that long”.
Upon their arrival in Albufeira, she said police told them that there were two recorded sightings of him on CCTV in Cerro de Aguia.
This area includes “rough terrain”, including jagged rocky hillsides and sharp cliffs, she said, and was over an hour’s walk from the Albufeira Strip, where his friends last saw him.
Jillian is now urging police to use dogs to help trace his movements – and has asked local residents to get in touch if they have any information that could help, no matter how “tiny”.
The family have also set up a Facebook group to help spread the word, which now has over 10,000 members.
Posters have been made in English and Portuguese with contact details and information on his last known whereabouts.
A Foreign Office spokesperson told the Mirror: “We are supporting the family of a British man reported missing in Portugal and are in contact with the local authorities”.