Missing British man found dead at the bottom of a lift shaft in Malaysia
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 working for an American company on his travels and arrived in Malaysia on May 17 from Vietnam.
The 25-year-old from Stockport had last sent his best friend Owen a photo from inside Healy Mac's Irish Bar in Bangsar on the evening of Tuesday, May 27.
It is also believed the software engineer visited The Social, a bar near Healy Macs.
Mum Leanne Burnett, 44, checked 'Find My iPhone' tracking service and saw Jordan's phone was in a residential flat nearby the next day.
But two days later, his phone went dead, which concerned the family as Jordan regularly checked in with family.
Leanne had only just spoken to Jordan on the Monday of that week, when seemed 'fine and normal', she told the Liverpool Echo.
With the search for Jordan running dry, Leanne and her husband travelled to Kuala Lumpur to look for their son.
Merseyside Police also confirmed their officers were working with local detectives to find the software engineer.
Brickfields district police chief Ku Mashariman Ku Mahmood confirmed to AFP that Jordan's body was the one found on the construction site. More Trending
A FCDO Spokesperson said: 'We are supporting the family of a British man who died in Malaysia and are in contact with the local authorities.'
The family previously spoke of their devastation as they tried to find Jordan.
Leanne said: 'I have been been feeling just sick, numb. I just want to get over there, find him and bring him home.
'I want him to know we're looking for him and we're coming to get him.'
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