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Sky News
25-02-2025
- Sky News
Remains of British man who vanished more than two years ago found in Georgia woods
The remains of a British man who went missing on a trip to Florida nearly two-and-a-half years ago have been found, the FBI has said. Alex Hodgson Doughty was on holiday in Jacksonville in September 2022 when he was reported missing by his mother after she was unable to contact him. His remains were found 35 miles north of there in a wooded area on private land near Kingsland, Georgia, the FBI said on Friday. Overseas missing persons charity LBT Global said on a web page dedicated to Mr Doughty that he was last seen on 11 September 2022. He was at a Jacksonville bar and grill at around 3.30pm and then got into a taxi which dropped him off in Kingsland around an hour later. A Facebook page, Help Find Alex, said he continued to make video calls and send text messages up until 6.51pm when his phone went offline. Federal, state, local, and international agencies were involved in the investigation and search for Mr Doughty, who was 30 when he went missing. His remains were found on 4 February, the FBI said, adding a medical examiner had confirmed Mr Doughty's identity. "While we had hoped to bring Mr Doughty's family better news, we are thankful to be able to provide them with some closure," said special agent Kristin Rehler. "This discovery is the direct result of our partnerships and special agents from FBI Jacksonville's Cellular Analysis Survey Team (CAST), who were relentless in their efforts to narrow down potential search locations." No criminal charges are expected, the FBI said.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Yahoo
Remains of U.K. man missing for more than 2 years found in Georgia woods, FBI says
The remains of a United Kingdom man missing for nearly two-and-a-half years have been found in a privately owned wooded area near Kingsland, Georgia, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. Alex Hodgson Doughty was reported missing in September 2022 and had been visiting Jacksonville, Florida, about 35 miles south of where the remains were found, the FBI said in announcing the discovery on Friday. The cause and manner of death were unavailable. An FBI Evidence Response Team based in Jacksonville led the search when the remains were found on Feb. 4, the bureau said in its statement. It said the Medical Examiner's Office of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed the remains as belonging to Doughty. The U.K. nonprofit LBT Global, which helps families with relatives who are victims of crimes overseas, said on a web page dedicated to Doughty that he paid for a ride to Kingsland on one of the last days he was seen, on Sept. 11, 2022, when he was 30. The FBI listed Doughty's age as 32. He was at a Jacksonville bar and grill that Sunday afternoon when he took the ride, LBT Global said. Within an hour, it said, he was in Kingsland, a small city on the state's southwest coast, about three miles north of the Florida border, that touts itself as a destination for outdoor adventure. A Facebook page, Help Find Alex, said he had been staying in Orlando when he went 140 miles north to Jacksonville and then north again to Kingsland, the latter via a ride-hailing service. The National Institute of Justice's National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) page for Doughty said he was last seen at 1 a.m. on Sept. 12 in the parking lot of an auto parts store. It also said he had been traveling by via ride-hailing service. The FBI didn't provide details on the discovery, stating only that a criminal case was not forthcoming. "No criminal charges are expected," it said. The bureau indicated that FBI investigators who specialize in tracking cellphone locations, part of the Jacksonville FBI office's Cellular Analysis Survey Team, helped locate the remains. Speaking in the Friday statement, the FBI's special agent in charge of the Jacksonville office, Kristin Rehler, praised the survey team's members for being 'relentless in their efforts to narrow down potential search locations.' "While we had hoped to bring Mr. Doughty's family better news, we are thankful to be able to provide them with some closure," she said. This article was originally published on
Miami Herald
24-02-2025
- Miami Herald
Tourist exited Uber and vanished in Florida in 2022, feds say. Body found in Georgia
A missing British man has been found dead more than two years after vanishing while on vacation in Florida, the FBI said. Agents found the remains of Alex Hodgson Doughty on Feb. 4 'in a wooded area on private land' in Kingsland, Georgia, the agency's Jacksonville office said in a Feb. 21 news release. A medical examiner with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation positively identified Doughty's remains, and authorities said no criminal charges are expected. No cause of death was given. Doughty was visiting from the United Kingdom when he vanished in North Florida in September 2022, according to the FBI. The then-30-year-old was last seen around 1 a.m. Sept. 12, 2022, in the parking lot of a Car Quest auto parts store after exiting an Uber, WJAX reported, citing a NaMUS case file. Doughty's mother grew worried when she couldn't reach him and contacted police, authorities said. Since then, multiple agencies have helped search for him. 'While we had hoped to bring Mr. Doughty's family better news, we are thankful to be able to provide them with some closure,' Special Agent in Charge Kristin Rehler said in a statement. 'This discovery is the direct result of our partnerships and special agents from FBI Jacksonville's Cellular Analysis Survey Team (CAST), who were relentless in their efforts to narrow down potential search locations.' The case was investigated by multiple agencies including the FBI Jacksonville Division and State Attorney's Office for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, Thames Valley (UK) Police Department, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and Kingsland Police Department, the FBI said. Additional information wasn't immediately available. Kingsland is about a 30-mile drive north from Jacksonville, Florida.
