By Nikos Papanikolaou, Catherine Armstrong, BBC News
BBCCCTV footage appears to show TV presenter Dr Michael Mosley disappearing while walking down a hill near where his body was found, the BBC has learned.
A post-mortem is due to take place on Monday after Dr Mosley’s body was found four days after he went missing on the Greek island of Symi.
It is understood the coroner was unable to determine from the outset whether Dr Mosley had fallen due to the condition of the body.
The coroner, who arrived on the neighboring island of Rhodes where the autopsy will take place, would have ruled out the possibility of a criminal act.
Dr Mosley’s body was found on a hill near the Agia Marina beach bar on Sunday.
Footage taken nearby, which the BBC was informed of but not seen, reportedly shows what appears to be Dr Mosley’s final moments, as he walks down a slope before disappearing behind a wall.
The 67-year-old father of four went missing on Wednesday after going for a walk from Agios Nikolaos beach.
His wife, Dr Clare Bailey Mosley, has paid tribute to her “wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant” husband after the “devastating” news that his body was discovered.
Dr Bailey Mosley said: “We have had an incredibly lucky life together.
“We loved each other very much and were so happy together.”
CCTV footage showed Dr Mosley walked to the other side of the bay in intense heat and through rocky terrain.
“We are heartened by the fact that he almost made it,” his wife said in her statement.
“It made an incredible climb, took the wrong path and collapsed where it could not be easily seen by the vast search team.”
Dr Mosley studied medicine in London and qualified as a doctor. Over the past two decades he has worked as a presenter, documentarian, journalist and author.
He was known for his television programs including Trust Me, I’m a Doctor and BBC Radio 4’s Just One Thing podcast. He also wrote a column for the Daily Mail.
Mr. Mosley was an advocate of intermittent fasting diets, notably through the 5:2 diet and The Fast 800 diet.
He was reported missing after leaving Agios Nikolaos beach to go for a walk around 1:30 p.m. local time (11:30 a.m. BST) on Wednesday.
CCTV footage showed he walked to the other side of the bay in intense heat and over rocky terrain.
Greek authorities conducted extensive searches for Dr Mosley amid high temperatures. His body was found Sunday as teams searched the coastline.
A police source told BBC News that the deceased had been dead “for several days”.
Dr Saleyha Ahsan, who co-presented Trust Me, I’m a Doctor with Dr Mosley, told the BBC’s Breakfast show that she was initially “terrified” to take on the role but that he “put me at ease almost immediately”.
She added: “This really likeable, approachable character (who) appears on TV, that’s exactly how he was in real life.
“He did incredible things for medicine and for public health in a way that few others, I think, have done. »
Science broadcaster Dr Chris van Tulleken, who also worked with Dr Mosley, said his former colleague invented “a whole genre of broadcasting” during his career.
He added that Dr. Mosley’s work “quietly changed my daily practices,” from brushing my teeth while standing on one leg to occasionally fasting.
“It was giving people tools that they could use and that everyone could afford,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
