The remains of a man from the United Kingdom disappeared for almost two and a half years have been found in a wooded area of private property near Kingsland, Georgia, said the Federal Research Office.
Alex Hodgson Doughty was reported as missing in September 2022 and had been visiting Jacksonville, Florida, about 35 miles south where the remains were found, said the FBI when announcing the discovery on Friday.
The cause and the way of death were not available.
A Jacksonville -based FBI evidence team directed the search when the remains were found on February 4, the office said in his statement. He said that the Office of the Forensic Doctor of the Georgia Research Office confirmed that the remains belonged to Doughty.
The non -profit organization of the United Kingdom LBT Global, which helps families with relatives who are victims of crimes abroad, said on a website dedicated to Doughty that he paid for a trip to Kingsland in one of the last days that He was seen, on September 11, 2022., When he was 30 years old. The FBI listed Doughty’s age as 32.
He was at a and grill bar in Jacksonville that Sunday afternoon when he took the trip, said LBT Global. In an hour, he said, was in Kingsland, a small city on the southwest coast of the state, about three miles north of the Florida border, which is promoted as a destination for outdoor adventure.
A Facebook page, Help Find Alex, said he had been staying in Orlando when he went to 140 miles north to Jacksonville and then north again to Kingsland, the latter through a transport service.
The national system of missing and unidentified persons of the National Institute of Justice (Namus) for Doughty said it was last seen at 1 in the morning on September 12 in the parking lot of an auto parts store. He also said he had been traveling for transport service.
The FBI did not provide details about the discovery, stating only that a criminal case was not coming. “No criminal charges are expected,” he said.
The office indicated that FBI researchers who specialize in monitoring cell phones locations, part of the cell analysis survey of the Jacksonville FBI office survey, helped locate the remains.
Speaking in Friday’s statement, the FBI special agent in charge of the Jacksonville office, Kristin Rehler, praised the team members of the survey to be “relentless in their efforts to reduce possible search places.”
“While we expected to bring better news from Mr. Doughty’s family, we are grateful to be able to provide them with any closure,” he said.
