Florida tourist's remains found in Georgia two years after disappearance: FBI
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The tourist disappeared during his vacation to Jacksonville, Florida, the FBI said

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American authorities were first alerted to the U.K. citizen's disappearance when his mother alerted police that she had not heard from her 32-year-old son during his travels in Florida.

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"Awareness matters," says Whitney Sich, the Florida mom behind A Voice for the Voiceless, which advocates for dozens of missing persons cases around the country and in Canada. "It could happen to you, so please share."

The agency used geolocation data from Doughty's phone, but it remains unclear why it took authorities over two years to pinpoint his remains.

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While we had hoped to bring Mr. Doughty’s family better news, we are thankful to be able to provide them with some closure," Special Agent in Charge Kristin Rehler said in the statement. "This discovery is the direct result of our partnerships and special agents from FBI Jacksonville’s Cellular Analysis Survey Team (CAST), who were relentless in their efforts to narrow down potential search locations."

According to a missing persons report, Doughty was last seen at Bay Street Bar and Grill in Jacksonville around 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 11, 2022. He was dropped off in a taxi to Kingsland an hour later.

His mother, Pamela Hodgson, wrote on his Facebook page in January 2023, "Alex has been missing now for four months. Please help find him. While there are still uncertainties in Alex's disappearance… it is believed he stopped in Callahan and/or Fernandina, Fla., on this journey."

She added then that her son "hasn't been in contact with his friends or family" since arriving in Florida and they "were extremely worried about him."

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