Man found dead in Mathraki

Lina Portman2 weeks ago

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An American tourist who went missing on a Greek island was found dead on the beach on Sunday, authorities said, becoming the third person to die in extremely hot temperatures in the Mediterranean country.

The man, whose identity has not yet been released, disappeared on the small island of Mathraki after being last seen on June 11, when temperatures reached 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

“There is a common pattern: they all went for a hike amid high temperatures,” Petros Vassilakis, a spokesman for the South Aegean police, told Reuters.

A photo published by Enimerosi, a media outlet based on the neighboring, larger island of Corfu, shows rescue workers, including a forensic doctor, gathered along a remote rocky beach where the man's body was found.

There were signs the man had drowned, according to a medical examiner who spoke to the outlet. He was transferred to the island of Corfu where an autopsy will be carried out, a police official told Reuters.

Mathraki is a heavily forested 1.2 square mile island off the west coast of Greece, just south of the border with Albania. The man's body was found near the island's old port, Enimerosi reported.

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3 other tourists missing in Greece

Sunday's discovery on the island of Mathraki comes amid a series of missing persons and deaths in Greece, which this month faced an oppressive heatwave that led authorities to close the schools and the ancient Acropolis complex.

On Monday, three more tourists were reported missing, all last seen on the Greek islands.

Two French women were reported missing on Friday from Sikinos, an island off the southeastern coast of Greece in the Aegean Sea. The women, ages 64 and 73, had planned to meet after leaving their respective hotels, the Associated Press reported.

On the nearby island of Amorgos, American Albert Calibet from California was reported missing on Tuesday, NBC News reported. The 59-year-old retired Los Angeles County deputy sheriff was out for a solo hike in temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

On Saturday, a 74-year-old Dutch tourist was found dead in a ravine on the island of Samos and on June 9, British television personality Michael Mosley, 67, was found dead on the island of Symi.

Contributor: Reuters

3 other tourists missing in Greece

Lina Portman

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