Missing American tourist found dead on beach on Greek island of Mathraki

A missing American tourist has been found dead on a beach on a small Greek island west of Corfu.

The body of the man was found Sunday on a rocky, fairly remote beach on the island of Mathraki by another tourist, local media reported.

He had been reported missing on Thursday by his host, a Greek-American friend.

The tourist had last been seen Tuesday at a cafe in the company of two female tourists who have since left the island.

The victim’s name or hometown have not yet been released by officials.

Mathraki, which has a population of 100, is a 1.2-square-mile heavily wooded island, west of the tourist hotspot of Corfu.

This was the latest in a string of recent cases in which tourists on the Greek islands have died after hikes in very hot temperatures.

TV presenter Dr Michael Mosley was found dead last Sunday on the island of Symi.

A coroner concluded that he had died the previous Wednesday, shortly after going for a hike over difficult, rocky terrain.

On Friday, two French tourists were reported missing on Sikinos, a relatively secluded Cyclades island in the Aegean Sea, with less than 400 permanent residents.

The two women, ages 64 and 73, had left their respective hotels to meet.

On the island of Amorgos, also in the Cyclades, authorities were still searching for a 59-year-old tourist reported missing since Tuesday, when he had gone on a solo hike in very hot conditions.

US media identified the missing tourist as retired Los Angeles County deputy sheriff Albert Calibet, of Hermosa Beach, California.

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