The 48-year-old British tourist who went missing on Wednesday on Theologos Beach on the island of Rhodes was found dead on Friday.
According to local media, the body of the man was spotted by a citizen on Paradisi Beach about two kilometers from Theologos. The body was transferred to the General Hospital of Rhodes.
According to local media, the 48-year-old man who was vacationing with his family went to Theologos Beach with his niece for a swim. His niece left the beach early to return to the hotel.
When she realized that hours had gone by and her uncle had not yet returned, she went back to the beach to look for him, but the man was nowhere to be found.
There have been several cases of foreign tourists who have gone missing on Greek islands this season, the hottest summer in decades. Sadly, all or most of them were found dead days later.
Symi Mayor Eleftherios Papakaloudoukas found Mosley’s body where he had fallen near the perimeter fence of a beach taverna. During the search, temperatures in the area had reached 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), and it is likely that the man passed out and later died from heat stroke caused by the intense heat.
In late June, a British national was found dead at the Old Port on the island of Spetses. He was identified as a 44-year-old man, a member of a sailing boat crew, participating in the Classic Regatta that took place on the island.
In late June, a 67-year-old German tourist also went missing, later to be found dead, after embarking on a hike in a mountainous region of Crete.
In July, a 20-year-old South African was found dead by the Coast Guard near Kefalonia island. The young man was working in one of the boat companies and disappeared after he went for a swim. He never returned to the boat.
Another British tourist died from the heat while swimming. The 66-year-old British woman succumbed to the harsh heatwave while swimming at Achladies Beach on the island of Skiathos, adding to the number of such casualties in Greece.
The death of the British woman, 66, marked yet another victim of the enduring heatwave that has hit Greece this summer.