24-02-2025
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.
