Family of tragic Greg Monks ‘truly heartbroken' as they pay tribute to ‘amazing guy' after body found in Portugal
THE family of Greg Monks have paid tribute to an "amazing guy" after he was found dead in Portugal.
The plant mechanic, 38, was discovered by police today at the bottom of a ravine after vanishing last Wednesday.
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Greg Monks' sisters Jillian and Carlin are 'heartbroken'
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The Scot vanished while on a stag do in the party hotspot of Albufeira
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Greg, from Cambuslang, near Glasgow, disappeared in the early hours after travelling to Albufeira for a stag do with friends.
It's thought that Greg got lost and fell to his death as he tried to get back to his hotel.
Now, his distraught loved ones have shared their grief following the tragic loss.
Sister Jillian Monks, 36, who carried out a mass social media campaign to find Greg, told the Daily Record: "We are truly heartbroken.
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"Everyone who knows Greg knows how much he will be missed and what an amazing guy he was."
Scores of well-wishers also rushed online to pay their respects.
One said: "Proud to call you my mate."
Another added: "
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A third wrote: "
It comes after Greg's sisters revealed the "alarm bells" moment after he vanished from the party hotspot.
Just hours after arriving in Portugal for the five-day stag do, he told pals that he was heading back to his holiday apartment on his own after several hours of partying and drinking.
The last official sighting of Greg was at around 3.27am on Wednesday, May 28, near the Cerro de Aguia area as Greg's last known picture was revealed.
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This is more than an hour's walk west of the popular party resort where Greg is thought to have left his friends, while the Novochoro Apartments, which he had checked into on Tuesday night, are a 30-minute walk north.
His worried parents and girlfriend Nicole Ashleigh Kelso flew out to the Algarve in a bid to trace him.
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Tragic Greg Monks died after plunging down a revine in Portugal
Hours before his death, Greg's sisters Jillian and Carlyn told Sky News that the family have been left "worried sick".
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Jillian said: "We were contacted on Wednesday afternoon asking if there was any way we could track his phone because he hadn't come home from the night before.
"This immediately raised alarm bells. It's just not like him. He wouldn't normally do something like this.
"It had only been twelve hours since he was seen, but we were just so worried."
She and Greg's mates then tried to report him missing to the police but "it wasn't really taken as seriously at first because it hadn't been that long", Jillian said.
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But as time went on and fears for Greg's safety grew, cops have been "working day and night", "putting every resource they can" into the search for Greg.
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