British backpacker missing in KL, last seen at Bangsar pub

New Straits Times

4 days ago

LONDON: The family of a British man who went missing while backpacking solo in Malaysia is heading to the country to search for him.
Jordan Johnson-Doyle, 25, was last heard from on Tuesday, May 27.
His mother, Leanne Burnett, 44, told the UK's Daily Mail that she feels "numb" and "just wants to bring him home."
Family and friends lost contact with Jordan after his phone went dead in Kuala Lumpur last Friday, three days after he was last seen.
His last known location was Healy Mac's Irish Bar in Bangsar around 8pm, where he sent a photo of the pub's quiz night poster to his best friend, Owen.
"I've been feeling sick, numb. I just want to get over there, find him, and bring him home," Leanne said.
"Something is really wrong for him not to contact anyone. He knows how worried we'd be."
She said if Jordan had lost his phone or laptop, he would have found another way to reach out.
"He knows my number by heart. He would go to a hotel, an internet café—he'd find a way."
Using the 'Find My iPhone' app, Leanne tracked Jordan's phone to a block of flats near the bar on Wednesday morning (May 28), but the location stopped updating.
"When I woke up Wednesday, the app hadn't updated. It just said 'last seen 11 hours ago'. The signal was traced to a block of flats down the road from the bar. After that, the battery likely died," she said.
Repeated calls and messages via Facebook and Instagram went unanswered.
"I kept checking the app and the time kept going up. Then the phone went completely off."
Jordan, a software engineer, had been backpacking around the Mediterranean and Southeast Asia for over a year while working remotely for an American company.
He arrived in Malaysia on May 17 after visiting Vietnam and was believed to be staying at the Robertson Residences in Bukit Bintang.
Leanne last spoke to him on Monday, May 26.
"It was just a normal chat about our day. He seemed completely fine. We always end our calls with 'love long time'—that was the last thing we said."
The family has reported him missing to police in England, contacted the British Consulate and police in Malaysia, and alerted his employer.
Efforts to reach his hotel have been hampered by language barriers.
Friends and family have set up a chat group and are actively sharing Jordan's details on social media and Malaysian sites.
"We're doing everything we can. Please share anything—if you've seen him, heard from him, or noticed any activity online. We just want to find him and bring him home."