Last Time (Ourique): British found the body of missing for weeks.
The body of the missing British since the day 20 August in the waters of the dam of Santa Clara, municipality of Ourique, It was found on Saturday morning to float by the responsible Hill Apricot.
Underwater searches had been suspended 29 August, but they continued on the river banks. The body of Richard Chapelow, of 29 year old, It was eventually found on Saturday morning, second Lidador told the News (LN )Mario Batista, commander of Ourique Fire.
The alert for Ourique Fire was given around 9.30 hours at the Apricot Hill owner who saw a body floating in the water.
Authorities are en route to the site and will try to ascertain whether it was a natural death or a crime.
The alert for the disappearance of Richard Chapelow, It was given to 16.54 hours, of 20 August, when ten people, all of British nationality, They sailed in the dam water. Six followed in a boat that was pulling a buoy, type banana, where other four followed encavalitados in inflatable.
For reasons still unknown, the float turned and the four people fell to the water. Three swam to the boat, while the fourth element was never seen.
Richard Chapelow was a friend of the four children of the English billionaire Jon Hunt, of 65 year old, owner of a fortune estimated at more than 1,2 billion and owner of the Apricot Hill, located in Santana da Serra parish, municipality of Ourique, where the accident occurred.
According to found the LN, although the case is being treated as a disappearance, a GNR, that was always on site to monitor operations, will make a report to the prosecutor of Ourique, the case may come to have another treatment.
On the day of the disappearance of British, It has issued a statement on behalf of Jon Hunt and his family, where they manifested “devastated by the loss of Richard”, arguing that all “thoughts and prayers are with his family”, would ensure “working closely with the authorities to understand what happened”.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
