Glasgow woman who vanished from sun lounger in Greece pictured hours before disappearance
Missing tourist Michele Ann Joy Bourda was pictured enjoying breakfast at a cafe with her husband just hours before she vanished.
The 59-year-old, who is understood to live in Glasgow, had been swimming at Ofrynio beach in the city of Kavala at around noon on Friday before she suddenly disappeared. The search for Michele has now entered its fifth day.
A fresh image released to the media in Greece shows her eating alongside husband Christos at the beach-side restaurant on the morning of her disappearance. At the time, she was seen wearing a dark swimming costume and sunglasses.
She was pictured talking to her husband Christos, who is Greek, who is pictured in the snap wearing a white cap. Mr Bourda was asleep when she disappeared at around midday on August 1.
He then raised the alarm before racing to a local shop to ask if staff had seen her.
Speaking to Protothema, the shopkeeper said: "The couple were together and at some point the husband fell asleep and it seems that the wife went in to swim. When the husband woke up and didn't see her next to him, he came to the store and asked us if we had seen his wife, who had disappeared.
"He also told us that his wife was not very well, and that she had problems."
As reported in the Mirror, Mr Bourda was understandably "stressed" when he entered the shop, the man said, as the hunt for his missing wife continues.
Greek missing persons charity Lifeline Hellas put out a Silver Alert later that day after police were unable to locate her.
An alert from the charity read: "Her life is in danger. If you know anything, contact the Silver Alert service, 24 hours a day, at the National SOS Line 1065."
Michele is described as having straight blonde hair down to her shoulders, hazel eyes, is 1.73m (5ft 6in) tall and is thin.
The British embassy in Greece shared a notice on Facebook which read: 'Michele Ann BOURDA went missing on 01/08/2025 at the beach of Ofrynio in Kavala. On the day she went missing, she was wearing a swimsuit with decorative stones, yellow water shoes and red plastic sunglasses. Her life is in danger.'
A summer sports instructor said he saw someone who matched Michele's description swimming near the beach on Friday. He said the woman didn't appear to be in difficulty in the water. Michele was described as very adventurous and active today. Her neighbours in Glasgow said she likes hiking and swimming in cold water.
One neighbour told Mail Online: "They've got bikes, and are quite active. They like to go walking, they like to go wild swimming. They would go, and they would often be away for the whole day in the summer.
"Then if we saw them coming in and out and they would say, 'oh, we've been somewhere up north and we were swimming'. And I would see her sometimes sit and reading in the garden."
The friends said they often see Michele and husband Christos out walking with backpacks on or loading the car for another day trip in the wild. Another neighbour added: "They've couple are very private and kept themselves to themselves. She is very quiet and timid and he is a bit more commanding.
"They moved to Glasgow about six years ago because their son is studying here. They are retired and tend to go everywhere together even though they have two cars. They are quite guarded and private but I'm very shocked that she has gone missing."
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