Remains of Florida tourist discovered in Georgia woods two years after disappearance: FBI

The remains of a United Kingdom tourist who vanished astir two-and-a-half years agone person been recovered successful a privately owned wooded country successful Georgia, the FBI said.

Alex Hodgson Doughty, 32, was reported missing successful September 2022 and had been visiting Jacksonville, Florida, astir 35 miles southbound of wherever the remains were recovered successful Kingsland, Georgia, the FBI's Jacksonville tract bureau said in a release.

An FBI Evidence Response Team based successful Jacksonville led the hunt erstwhile the remains were recovered connected Feb. 4, the bureau said. It said the Medical Examiner's Office of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed the remains arsenic Doughty's.

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Alex Hodgson Doughty was reported missing successful September 2022 and had been visiting Jacksonville, Florida. (The FBI Jacksonville Field Office)

American authorities were archetypal alerted to the U.K. citizen's disappearance erstwhile his parent alerted constabulary that she had not heard from her 32-year-old lad during his travels successful Florida.

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An FBI spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the bureau does not fishy foul play and nary charges are expected.

The bureau said they utilized geolocation information from Doughty's phone, but it remains unclear wherefore it took authorities implicit 2 years to pinpoint his remains.

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"While we had hoped to bring Mr. Doughty’s household amended news, we are thankful to beryllium capable to supply them with immoderate closure," Special Agent successful Charge Kristin Rehler said successful the statement. "This find is the nonstop effect of our partnerships and peculiar agents from FBI Jacksonville’s Cellular Analysis Survey Team (CAST), who were relentless successful their efforts to constrictive down imaginable hunt locations."

Doughty was visiting from the United Kingdom erstwhile helium vanished successful Florida successful September 2022, according to the FBI. (Alex Hodgson Doughty/Facebook)

Doughty's mother, Pamela Hodgson, alerted authorities that her lad had disappeared during his vacation. (Alex Hodgson Doughty/Facebook)

According to a missing persons report, Doughty was past seen astatine Bay Street Bar and Grill successful Jacksonville astir 3:30 p.m. connected Sept. 11, 2022. He was dropped disconnected successful a taxi to Kingsland an hr later.

His mother, Pamela Hodgson, wrote connected his Facebook leafage successful January 2023, "Alex has been missing present for 4 months. Please assistance find him. While determination are inactive uncertainties successful Alex's disappearance… it is believed helium stopped successful Callahan and/or Fernandina, Fla., connected this journey."

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She added past that her lad "hasn't been successful interaction with his friends oregon family" since arriving successful Florida and they "were highly disquieted astir him."