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Levi's mum has shared the past video connection from him sent conscionable hours earlier helium disappeared
By Rachel Stonehouse & Alys Harte
Newsbeat and File connected 4
Rugby subordinate Levi Davis's disappearance is being examined by a Spanish transgression probe unit, the BBC has been told.
It is 4 months since the 24-year-old was past seen successful Barcelona.
Levi officially remains a missing person, but a spokesperson said detectives were trying to found if a transgression had been committed.
Mossos d'Esquadra - Catalan Police - said the lawsuit contained "disturbing" issues with "no logical explanation".
A spokesperson told the BBC the unit could not springiness much details arsenic Spanish instrumentality prevents it handing retired elaborate accusation connected unfastened cases.
There person been fewer authoritative updates connected Levi's lawsuit since his disappearance.
'Gone where?'
Friend Richard Squire, has been starring an entreaty to find him, which helium describes arsenic an "emotional rollercoaster".
"I'm dealing with radical that I've ne'er met before," helium says.
"You don't cognize what accusation is right, what accusation is wrong. And it's conscionable incredibly upsetting.
"Even though it's 4 months it inactive feels similar the archetypal time each day. And it's difficult, it's hard."
Levi, who had played rugby for Bath and Worthing, was spending clip connected his euphony vocation astatine the clip of his disappearance.
He'd signed a grounds woody aft an quality connected Celebrity X-Factor successful 2019, and released his archetypal way past September.
With his 2nd azygous owed to merchandise successful November, Levi had gone to enactment with Richard successful Ibiza, and worked connected songs portion helium was there.
He arrived connected the land connected 17 October, earlier heading by vessel to Barcelona connected 29 October.
Levi was past seen leaving the Old Irish Pub successful the centre of Barcelona
Richard says helium dropped Levi successful Ibiza municipality the erstwhile day, arsenic he'd arranged to conscionable idiosyncratic for dinner. That was the past clip helium saw him.
The adjacent greeting helium messaged Levi to cheque helium was okay, and helium told him he'd near the island.
"I was evidently disquieted for him. I said: 'Gone where?' He said: 'Barcelona, going to spot immoderate mates'.
"So past I sent him a dependable enactment saying: 'You're worrying me. Please archer maine wherever you are'."
Levi said helium would telephone erstwhile helium arrived successful Barcelona, but helium ne'er did.
After a fewer days Richard contacted Levi's household and different communal friends, and the constabulary launched an probe connected 8 November.
One of the past sightings of Levi - CCTV footage of him leaving the Old Irish Pub successful the metropolis centre - was conscionable hours aft helium arrived into the city.
At a fewer minutes past midnight connected 30 October helium tried to telephone different person earlier sending a WhatsApp dependable enactment which has been shared with the BBC.
In the abbreviated connection helium says Barcelona is "absolutely beautiful".
"It's amazing. I'm virtually conscionable getting each my inspo. I emotion it. It's truthful good," helium says.
It was the past known interaction Levi had with immoderate of his friends oregon family.
Image source, Family handout
Image caption,Julie says she's frustrated by the deficiency of accusation astir her son's whereabouts
A deficiency of accusation has sparked online rumours and conspiracy theories astir Levi's disappearance - thing his household says has upset them.
Some of it has centred astir a video of Levi, which helium posted past deleted, connected Instagram successful the days earlier helium went missing.
Levi's mum Julie Davis says the archetypal clip she knew it had been released publically was erstwhile it appeared online, and she's "disgusted" by immoderate of the rumours that person been circulating.
"It's precise hard to cognize oregon separate what's existent from what isn't," she says.
For Julie, portion Levi is inactive missing she watches videos from his societal media, and hopes for bully quality soon.
"Even though Levi is not here, I'm everlastingly watching TikTok videos and stuff, and it conscionable makes maine consciousness similar 'oh, he's inactive here'.
"It conscionable gives maine comfort."
You tin perceive to the afloat occurrence of File connected 4's 'Looking for Levi' connected BBC Sounds.
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