KUALA LUMPUR: The body of a man found in a lift shaft that was under construction has been confirmed to be that of missing British man Jordan Michael John Johnson-Doyle (pic).
“The remains were visually identified by an uncle of the deceased, who confirmed the identity via tattoos on his body,” said Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa.
Johnson-Doyle’s cause of death was identified as “chest injury due to fall from height”.
“No elements of foul play were found at the scene. The case has been classified as a Sudden Death Report,” Comm Rusdi said in a statement yesterday.
News of the 25-year-old software engineer’s disappearance was reported in the Daily Mail on June 1 which stated that Johnson-Doyle, who was backpacking alone throughout South-East Asia, had not been heard from since May 27.
His last known location was a pub in Bangsar on May 27, when he sent a picture of a poster from the pub to a friend.
Johnson-Doyle’s mother was quoted in the story as saying that she had been speaking to her son every day until the morning of May 28 when his Find My iPhone indicated that it was “last seen 11 hours ago”.
His body was found on Wednesday at a partially-opened apartment block in Bangsar.
Firefighters were called in to remove the remains.
Police launched a large-scale search on Wednesday at the apartment block in Bangsar, focusing their search on areas still under construction.
Around 30 policemen were deployed to conduct the search, along with the building’s contractors, leading to the discovery on Wednesday afternoon.
The search was focused there after police traced Johnson-Doyle’s last known whereabouts.
It is estimated that the distance between the pub, where he was last seen, and the apartment block is around 650m.
Brickfields OCPD Asst Comm Ku Mashariman Ku Mahmood previously said that police received a report on Johnson-Doyle’s disappearance on June 2.
