Michael Mosley's wife breaks silence on 'unbearable' search for missing TV doctor

Michael Mosley's wife, Dr Clare Bailey, has vowed to “not give up hope” in the search for her missing husband as searches continue on the Greek island of Symi. An emergency helicopter arrived on the island on Saturday afternoon (June 8), shortly after his wife made an emotional statement about the family's ordeal.

“It's been three days since Michael left the beach for a walk. The longest and most unbearable days for me and my children,” she said. The This Morning TV doctor, 67, was last seen by his GP wife on Wednesday. afternoon after leaving St Nicholas Beach in the northwest of the island for a hike to the nearby town of Pedi.

His wife, who alerted the police to Michael's disappearance, herself participated in the search, joined by her British friends, according to the mayor of Symi, Eleftherios Papakaloudoukas. Her four adult children also arrived on the island to help with the search efforts.

In her first public statement since his nightmare began, his wife continued: “The search continues and our family is extremely grateful to the people of Symi, the Greek authorities and the British Consulate who are working tirelessly to help find Michael . We must not lose hope.”

Speaking through a translator, he said Clare had walked through a forested area above Pedi Bay, but search teams now believed her husband had walked through a different area and much more sparse on the other side of the bay.

He added that the area Michael would have gone through is “difficult to cross” and is “just rocks”. It's also populated with “loads” of snakes, he said.

New CCTV footage recently showed the father-of-four arriving in the town, but his whereabouts afterwards are unknown. Efforts to locate him were hampered by scorching temperatures and difficult terrain, which forced fire crews to split across the rocky mountains.

A uniformed worker said ten of them were searching several peaks because it was too dangerous for large teams to work during the summer months, when temperatures can exceed 40C. Firefighter Stergos Giakoumakis said from one of the summits: “Because it is not so easy to bring 100 people here, especially at this time, because it is the most dangerous time. “Everything is dry and it’s too dangerous for firefighters to search,” he said.

Earlier today (Saturday, June 8), firefighters also released a drone to observe the ground from above in hopes of locating Michael.

There are no paths or shade near the top of the hill that stretches between Pedi Bay and Agia Marina, where they suspect he was trying to walk. Dead grass sticks out between rocks and large boulders, and the only living vegetation is a few small shrubs.

Various theories have been considered by hunt officials, including the possibility that it was bitten by a snake or succumbed to dehydration due to high summer temperatures.