A HEARTBROKEN household are looking for solutions after the bare physique of a younger Brit vacationer was discovered within the sea off a seashore in Thailand.
Regan Kelly, 28, had simply arrived in Thailand for a month-long journey earlier than he went lacking on January 3 – with CCTV revealing his last moments.
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The constructing surveyor from Selsdon, south London, was final seen in CCTV footage on the bar of the Mad Monkey Hostel – the place he was staying.
Footage reveals him speaking to a person for hours earlier than the dialog bought “more and more heated,” his household mentioned.
Regan’s sister Laurie Blackall informed MailOnline: “We aren’t too certain what they had been speaking about, however the dialog appeared a bit confrontational.
“There is no audio however Regan seemed visibly upset.”
She added that her brother bought up and left all of the sudden the place he heads in the direction of Patong seashore, earlier than the person follows him a mere few seconds later.
Safety cam footage from a lodge then reveals Regan operating, with the unknown man following him almost 20 seconds later, Laurie mentioned.
At 10am the next day, a watersports teacher had discovered a unadorned physique within the water off Patong.
Cops despatched photographs to Regan’s anxious household, who had reported him lacking, and his identification was tragically confirmed.
Laurie and her dad are in Thailand looking for out what occurred to Regan in his last hours, and what he had spoken about with the unknown man.
He’s regarded as the final individual to have seen him alive.
The grieving household are desperately attempting to get Regan house, launching a JustGiving web page to assist convey his physique again to the UK to permit a second submit mortem to be carried out.
Laurie mentioned: “The detective mentioned he has labored tirelessly however I simply do not know in the event that they need to make it out prefer it was a tragic accident.
“Do not get me mistaken, it may have been an accident, however one thing is actually not sitting proper with me.”
Since Regan landed on December 30, he had been messaging his sister and pop regularly, sharing photos of his day-to-day actions and letting them know he was protected and effectively.
However Laurie mentioned that once they hadn’t heard from him on January 3, they knew one thing was mistaken and reported him lacking.
Regan was carrying shorts, a Mad Monkey t-shirt, black baseball cap and a cross-body bag over his chest when he was seen operating in the direction of the seashore.
However his sister mentioned that there was nothing on his physique and none of his garments or belongings might be discovered on the seashore – together with his telephone.
Laurie mentioned: “Our major focus is getting him house ASAP and persevering with to work out what occurred, as a result of for us there’s no closure, this is not a closed case.”
In line with Laurie, the person who adopted her brother seemed like one other vacationer carrying a white t-shirt and shorts and was “muscly”.
The heartbroken sister added: “I want to enchantment to this man and for him to inform us what was mentioned, I need to ask why Regan appeared so upset.
“Perhaps he was simply having a passionate dialog, speaking about life.
“Judging by what we noticed, they might have been having a really deep dialog.
“However it looks like it was getting heated in the direction of the tip – no bodily altercations extra verbal.”
Laurie described her late brother as “probably the most lovely individual” who could be missed by his associates and colleagues.
She added: “He is a professional constructing surveyor going to be so badly missed by his workforce, they depend on him on web site. He had an previous head on younger shoulders.”
Thai authorities have mentioned Regan’s official explanation for demise was drowning, however his household need a second opinion from a British coroner.
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