'body found' in search for man missing in malaysia

'body found' in search for man missing in malaysia


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LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED THE SOFTWARE ENGINEER'S BODY WAS IDENTIFIED BY A FAMILY MEMBER 10:12, 05 Jun 2025 A body has reportedly been found in the search for a missing man from Merseyside.


Jordan Johnson-Doyle has been missing in Malaysia for more than a week while on a solo backpacking trip across south east Asia. The 25-year-old from Southport has spent the last 18 months


travelling across the continent while working remotely for an American company, with his mum making an emotional appeal to find him last week. Leanne Burnett told the ECHO her son's


last known location was Healy Mac's Irish Bar in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, at around 8pm on Tuesday, May 27, when he sent his best friend Owen a photograph of the pub's quiz night


poster. He is also believed to have visited The Social, a bar near Healy Mac's. This week saw his family fly out to help in the search for Jordan, with Merseyside Police confirming


officers were working with local detectives to find the software engineer. Article continues below Brickfield District Police, the local police force confirmed a body had been found in the


search for Jordan, local news in Malaysia reported. FMT reported that Kuala Lumpur police chief Rusdi Isa said a relative of Jordan had identified the body found based on a tattoo. “We


confirm that the body is that of the person reported missing on June 2,” he said in a statement. Article continues below The reported cause of death is believed to have been a chest injury


as a result of falling from height. FMT also reports the incident is being treated as a sudden death.