The family of a British doctor who vanished while walking in the Pyrenees believe his Apple account may hold the clues to finding him after his car was found abandoned in the mountains.
Tom Doherty, 67, from St Albans, was hiking and camping near Col d’Escots when his family lost contact with him on Tuesday after he sent a flurry of Whatsapp messages – one of which read: ‘Help, I’ve fallen and cannot move.’
Fears were raised that he may have been caught in bad weather during his hike after another of the messages, sent two-and-a-half hours earlier, had shown clouds over a mountain range.
Mr Doherty had reportedly been hiking in the Ariege region near France’s border with Spain and Andorra, where there have been thunderstorms in recent days.
Whilst messaging his family before his disappearance, Mr Doherty did not reveal his precise location. But his loved ones have now appealed for help in getting into his Apple account as they believe it will reveal this information.
A desperate…