Missing Brit Greg Monks who disappeared after Portugal stag do found dead - Manchester Evening News

Missing Brit Greg Monks who disappeared after Portugal stag do found deadGreg Monks had last been seen on a stag do in AlbufeiraNewsGerard Couzens and Helena Vesty NHS, social care and

patients reporter13:33, 04 Jun 2025Updated 13:50, 04 Jun 2025Greg Monks' disappearance sparked a week-long search(Image: Facebook) A British tourist who vanished after a stag do in Portugal

has been found dead.

Greg Monks had been missing for more than a week when his body was found at the bottom of a ravine.

‌ The 38-year-old had last been seen in Albufeira, a coastal city in the Algarve.

‌ Mr Monks, from Glasgow, disappeared in the early hours of last Wednesday morning after travelling to Albufeira for a stag party with friends.

His parents and girlfriend flew to Portugal to help search for him.

But Portuguese police today confirmed a body has been found in "steep wasteland" and is believed to be that of Mr Monks.

Article continues below His cause of death is not yet known and an autopsy is set to be carried out.

The Policia Judiciaria police force said in a statement: “The PJ has located the body of the missing Scottish tourist in Albufeira.”

It added: “PJ police, through the Southern Directorate and with the collaboration of the Albufeira GNR police force, today located the body of a man who had been missing since May 28 in the

Cerro de Aguia area of Albufeira.

‌ “The disappearance of the 38-year-old UK citizen was reported to the Albufeira GNR at 8pm on the 28th by another man who was accompanying him on holiday in the area.

“After carrying out various enquiries and establishing the presumed route taken in the early hours of that day since the last sighting, the body was located on steep wasteland.

“After the appropriate judicial inspection, the body will be removed and taken to the nearest Institute of Forensic Medicine for an autopsy.”

‌Greg Monks has been found dead at the bottom of a ravine(Image: Facebook) More information is expected to be released after the autopsy takes place but police said there was nothing

pointing to his disappearance being a crime, the Mirror has reported.

Mr Monks was a "plant mechanic" who "fixes big diggers and HGVs and things like that", according to his sister Jillian.

‌ She described Mr Monks as generally a "quiet" and "content" person who lives with his girlfriend.

"They have a bulldog and they just go out walking the dog," she said.

During the week-long search, Greg's family has insisted his disappearance was out of character and he did not suffer from mental health problems.

‌ Jillian said: "He’s not got any mental health issues or issues with depression. Nothing like this has ever happened before.

"That’s why when I got the phone call from one of his friends on Wednesday to say he had gone missing it immediately threw up a red flag."

Jillian also said she and her sister have children and Greg was a "great" uncle to them.

Article continues below "My daughter particularly has got a very close bond with him," she said. '"She dotes on him."

Another of Greg's sisters, Carlyn, told Sky News last night: "As a family, we're worried sick. It's just so unlike him, but myself and Jillian are just trying to hold each other up back

home."

Jillian also admitted their "unimaginable" fear that Greg may be "lying somewhere and we can't find him".