Michael Mosley’s tragic death: Seven unanswered questions
The death of TV doctor Dr Michael Mosley has shocked fans around the world. But several key questions still remain about his last moves.
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The death of TV doctor Dr Michael Mosley, known for his life-changing advice on dieting, sleep and exercise, has shocked fans around the world.
An autopsy has concluded that the popular broadcaster died of natural causes just metres from a holiday resort after walking across the Greek island of Symi in searing heat.
However, several questions remain unanswered about the 67-year-old star’s shock death.
WHAT ABOUT THE CCTV FOOTAGE?
Questions are being raised over crucial CCTV footage showing Dr Mosley collapsing in the spot where his body was found and why it was in the hands of Greek police for four days.
The Sun has reported that Greek police officers admitted they had seen the grainy footage, filmed from a bar, but claimed it was hard to identify his body as it appeared as a small dot.
The unreleased footage suggests the star’s body may have lay undiscovered just metres from the busy beach resort and bar at Agia Marina for five days before he was found.
WHY DID THE SEARCH TAKE SO LONG?
An extensive four-day search that included firefighters, drones, volunteers and helicopters was carried out after the TV doctor was reported missing.
However, his body was not found by rescue workers.
Instead, Dr Mosley was discovered by chance lying near the Agia Marina beach resort bar by the bar manager and a small group of British journalists.
Bar manager Ilias Tsavaris said rescuers had searched the same area daily with helicopters and that firefighters had also walked down the rocky slope just a few metres above where the TV star’s body was discovered.
He was alerted by the bar’s owners who had received a call from Symi’s mayor.
“The mayor had seen something unusual from a water taxi and I was told to go up there and check it out. As I approached, I saw something glinting in the sun – his watch. As I got close I knew it was him. Horrifying.”
An anonymous source told The Sun: “We had everyone – every service, in every branch out there looking for him on this small island. It’s absurd we didn’t find him and questions will be asked.”
WHY DIDN’T DR MOSLEY HAVE HIS PHONE?
Dr Mosley had spent the morning of June 5 swimming in the sea at the Agios Nikolaos beach with his wife, Dr Clare Bailey, after enjoying a boat ride with family friends.
At 1.30pm local time he announced that he was returning to their holiday villa, where the couple had been staying with friends.
He was carrying a small bottle of water and a purple umbrella but crucially had no phone as he had left it at the villa.
WHY DID THE TV DOCTOR VEER OFF COURSE?
As he walked in boiling hot temperatures, it is believed Dr Mosley took a wrong turn and became disorientated.
He set out for his villa walking the short distance from the Agios Nikolaos beach to Pedi, where he was spotted on CCTV filmed from a cafe.
But instead of following the main road back to his apartment, Dr Mosley made the mistake of taking an inland mountain route which climbs to a height of about 60m before the rocky trail drops down towards the resort at Agia Marina.
WHERE WAS HIS BACKPACK?
Dr Mosley was carrying a backpack as he set out on his fateful walk.
The backpack was found uphill around 6 metres from where his body was discovered.
WAS HE FEELING UNWELL?
Greek journalist Ionna Niaoti told TalkTV that Dr Mosley “was not feeling very well” before he set off on his walk back to his villa.
She said: “It is understood that about 1.30pm local time, he said he was not feeling very well and he wanted to return home.
“So he went to a coastal path reaching the closest village of Pedi, and this was the last time somebody saw him in Pedi.”
DID HE HAVE A REPEAT ATTACK OF AMNESIA?
Dr Mosley revealed in 2019 that he had temporarily lost his memory after swimming in the freezing cold sea in England’s Cornwall.
“I didn’t have any obvious signs of physical or facial weakness, nor was my speech slurred – both telltale signs of a TIA (transient ischaemic attack) and a stroke,” he said.
“I was lucid and the only thing that was obviously wrong with me was the fact that I had no memory of how I’d got there, or what had happened to me.”
Dr Mosley was told by doctors he had likely experienced something called transient global amnesia, and that it was brought on by cold water swimming.”
He said he would not go cold water swimming alone again.
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