A British grandmother who vanished on a holiday to Greece with her husband has been found dead.
Susan Hart, 75, and her Swiss-national husband, Ed, have been visiting the island of Kalymnos, Greece, for around eight years.
The former World Health Organisation employee and her husband of 25 years live in Switzerland.
They are both keen climbers and made their first trip back to Kalymnos since the pandemic with a group of friends in April.
But Susan vanished without a trace over two weeks ago, leaving loved ones fearing the something had happened to her.
One of her daughters, Bethan Blackwell, spoke to the Mirror about the anguish the family were suffering through after Susan vanished.
Susan, from Bath, had been in Telendos, where she and Ed had taken a ten minute ferry to, when she vanished on April 30.
Her husband went rock climbing as she planned to read a book, but was never seen again.
The BBC reported that her daughter Ruth Landale said she was identified by her stepfather, and that the family had been left heartbroken by the tragedy.
Another one of Susan's daughters, Bethan Blackwell, spoke to the Mirror about the horror she and her two sisters have been going through since their mother disappeared before she was confirmed to have tragically died.
"How does someone just disappear without a trace? The hopes of finding her alive are diminishing by the day and my sisters and I do not know what to do next," Bethan said..
She continued: "Do we start grieving or keep having hope that she's still out there alive? What's our next avenue?"
On Sunday, April 30, the pair took a 10-minute ferry to visit the secluded island of Telendos.
Ed was with a friend and they went off to do some rock climbing.
Bethan continues: "My stepdad arranged with Mum that she would hang out on the front of the island, where the boat comes in, she would read a book and she would go to a restaurant.
"When he came back, she was not where she was supposed to be."
They asked in the restaurant, but the grandmother of four had not dined there and no one recalls seeing her.
Officials launched an extensive search for the mum, aided by volunteers and the coast guard, as well as Bethan's two sisters, Ella 43, from London and Ruth, 45, who flew in from Australia.
At one point there were disturbing claims that Susan had been found dead at the base of a cliff.
But Bethan refuted these claims and said: "We have been desperately trying to shut down these claims. One of the search teams actually called up a Greek TV show that made the claims and threatened to sue them if they did not take down the claims."
A Foreign Office spokesperson said: “We are providing consular assistance to the family of a British woman who has been reported missing in Greece and are in contact with the local authorities.”
