A body found at the bottom of a lift shaft in Malaysia is that of a British backpacker who disappeared more than a week ago.

Jordan Johnson-Doyle, 25, vanished after last being seen at a bar in Kuala Lumpur on May 27.

His family issued an emotional appeal to find him and even flew out to the country to help the police search.

But his body was found in a construction site lift shaft in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday, Malaysian authorities confirmed.

A post-mortem found the 25-year-old’s cause of death as a chest injury sustained from a fall from height.

Police chief Rusdi Mohd Isa said no criminal elements were found at the scene. The mystery of Jordan’s whereabouts began when his phone went dead on Friday, May 30, during his 18-month backpacking journey across Asia.

He had been

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