THE household of lacking X-factor star Levi Davis are pushing for a brand new investigation in a bid to get extra solutions about what occurred amid fears the rugby participant drowned.
Spanish cops informed Levi’s heartbroken mum they consider a man reported drowning on the Barcelona port was her son.
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Detectives assume the 24-year-old rugby participant slipped beneath the floor on the port after visiting The Previous Irish Pub and the Onerous Rock Cafe on October 29.
4 crew members of a cruise liner informed investigators they noticed a person in misery, sporting the identical light-coloured prime as Levi, shouting for assist in English.
A lifebuoy was tossed right down to him with out success, however search operations by the police and coastguard have been later suspended as crews have been unable to discover a physique.
However throughout a gathering with Levi’s mum Julie and his close friend Richard Squire, cops revealed that Levi had gone again to the port earlier than he vanished.
And now a Spanish choose should authorise a contemporary search of port waters and different inaccessible areas of the port.
Levi’s disappearance had not been reported to police on the time, seeing the incident dubbed a “missed likelihood” to save lots of him.
The one hint of him that has ever been discovered was his passport which turned up 20 days after he vanished on the Barcelona port.
It was beforehand reported that Levi’s cellphone was pinged at Sants prepare station, however police now say it final pinged near the port inside hours of the sighting within the water.
Particulars of the operation to find a person within the water seen by the crew on cruise liner MSC Bellissima, round 5.30am that day, have emerged.
Coastguards in Barcelona mobilised their helicopter known as Helimer 203 and a vessel known as Salvamar Mintaka.
A ship operated by firefighters was additionally despatched to the scene together with police and Purple Cross vessels.
The search operation is claimed to have lasted a complete day however was known as off after it was confirmed nobody was lacking from the cruise liner and police confirmed nobody had been reported lacking in port waters or within the sea off Barcelona.
Levi’s mum and his friend Richard met with cops on Monday to debate developments within the case.
In a press release, she informed MailOnline that his family members have been nonetheless holding out hope that the lacking star would make a secure return.
Julie stated: “Intensive work has been executed to trace Levi’s actions on the evening of the 29 Oct and police are in a position to verify that following his final reported sighting on the Onerous Rock Café, Levi walked again down La Rambla and entered the business port.
“His cellphone final registered within the early hours of Saturday 30 October with a cellphone tower on the far finish of the port closest to the ocean entrance.
“The investigation continues to be very a lot ongoing and we hope that the Port Police will authorise and perform an additional search of the waters and different inaccessible areas of the port.
“We wish to thank the Mosso d’esquadra and the British Consulate in Barcelona for his or her continued arduous work.
“No additional remark can be made at the moment. We proceed to ask that the press respect the sentiments and privateness of Levi’s household and mates at what’s a really emotionally distressing time.”
The Solar On-line tried to retrace the star’s steps in Ibiza the place he stayed with Richard earlier than travelling to Barcelona by ferry to “meet some mates.”
Precisely what has occurred to Levi stays a thriller.
However after arriving within the Spanish metropolis, the rugby ace by no means obtained in contact to substantiate he had arrived.
He was final seen leaving The Previous Irish Pub on La Rambla at 10.05pm, after ordering a pint whereas watching football on TV.
A bartender told The Sun he sat alone close to the door with a beer and his backpack, however nonetheless “appeared regular” regardless of not staying lengthy.
He then headed north on the bustling road to the Onerous Rock Cafe earlier than journeying in direction of the port.
Shortly earlier than midnight on October 30, Levi reportedly had the final recognized contact with any of his mates or household.
Mike Guida, 25, stated the lacking Brit known as him at 9.22pm and once more at 11pm earlier than leaving a message for him at 11.04pm.
“I consider I used to be the final individual to listen to from him,” he informed The Solar On-line.
The rugby star had posted a haunting final video earlier than he disappeared by which he stated he was being blackmailed by criminals who threatened to kill him and his household.
Regardless of police investigating two potential sightings of Levi, weeks after his disappearance, nothing has come out of it.
A witness claimed they had seen him wandering close to La Boqueria market, and on one other event, the identical witness reported seeing him “misplaced and confused” in Placa Sant Agusti Vell close to town’s Arc de Triomf monument.
The puzzling case has sparked a number of theories, together with that Levi might have gone missing “voluntarily”.
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