Jordan Johnson-Doyle, 25, vanished on May 27 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, leading to a major search which has tragically ended with police saying that they have found his body
A British man, who went missing in Malaysia after last being seen in a bar, died having “fallen from height”, said police, as the news came that his body had been found at the bottom of a lift shaft.
Jordan Johnson-Doyle, 25, vanished on May 27 in Kuala Lumpur sparking a massive search with his mum Leanne Burnett making an emotional plea where she said “something is really wrong”. He had spent the past 18 months travelling on his own through southeast Asia while working remotely. And a tragic update from police in Malaysia said that the body of Jordan, from Southport, Merseyside, has been found.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Rusdi Mohd Isa said in a statement that the force had “received information that a man was found lying on his back in the lift (shaft) on the ground floor of a (building) construction site”. The body was taken for a post mortem after being recovered by police and rescue services.
“The results found that the cause of death was a chest injury sustained from a fall from height,” Mr Rusdi said. “No criminal elements were found at the scene and the case has been classified as a sudden death report,” he said, reported CNA, adding the body was identified by the victim’s uncle based on a tattoo.
Jordan’s mum Ms Burnett had previously said in an appeal for information that her son’s last known location was Healy Mac’s Irish Bar in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, at around 8pm on Tuesday, May 27, when he sent his best friend Owen a photograph of the pub’s quiz night poster.
He is also believed to have visited The Social, a bar near Healy Mac’s. This week saw his family fly out to help in the search for Jordan, with Merseyside Police confirming officers were working with local detectives to find the software engineer.
The software engineer’s mum had said she felt “sick” and “numb” after her son went missing, saying he usually checks in with them while away.
Ms Burnett said she checked her son’s location location on Wednesday through the Find My iPhone function and saw he was at a residential block of flats near the bar. The desperate mother told the Liverpool Echo why she was particularly worried about her son as this was unusual behaviour for him.
She said: “I have been been feeling just sick, numb. I just want to get over there, find him and bring him home. I want him to know we’re looking for him and we’re coming to get him.
“I have no idea what has happened. All I know is something is really wrong for him not to contact anybody. I know what he’s like and he knows how worried everyone gets at home, that’s why he checks in all the time.
“If he was to lose his phone and laptop, if someone had stolen that off him, he knows my number by heart and he would contact. He would go to the nearest hotel to use the phone, or go to an internet café. He’d find a way to get hold of us.”