- Levi Davis disappeared on October 29, 2022 after traveling alone to Barcelona
An investigation into the disappearance of rugby player Levi Davis has been dropped by Spanish officials, a year after he went missing from an Irish bar in Barcelona.
Authorities confirmed that the court’s investigation had continued. According to court sources, the decision is ‘provisional’ after police investigations yielded no results.
An insider said this The sun that the case could be reopened if new evidence comes to light.
Mr Davis, a rugby player and X Factor: Celebrity guest, disappeared on October 29, 2022 after traveling alone to Barcelona from Ibiza.
Police concluded in April that they believed Davis, 24, had likely drowned after a witness on a cruise ship claimed to have seen a man matching his description in the sea the day he went missing.
Divers then searched the area in May but found nothing to advance the case.
Levis Davis, pictured on the left in the last video he sent to his mother before disappearing, and on the right with Julie Davis, his mother
Video appears to show Levi Davis leaving an Irish bar in Barcelona before his disappearance
The update comes days before the anniversary of Mr Davis’ disappearance on October 29 last year.
The suspension of the case does not affect the ongoing investigation by the Spanish police. However, the investigation is considered inactive.
Mr Davis’ disappearance remains a mystery to police, but the leading theory is that he drowned off the coast of Barcelona on the day he went missing.
The Ealing Trailfinders winger was last seen leaving Barcelona’s Old Irish Pub on the famous Rambla.
Security cameras caught him leaving the pub after just 35 minutes at 10.05pm. He had ordered a beer while watching football on TV.
He walked the short distance north on La Rambla to the nearby Hard Rock Cafe before turning south again towards the harbour.
Detectives said earlier this year that they had discovered that Mr Davis’ phone signal was last picked up by a telephone mast near the port in the early hours of October 30.
His passport was found a few days after his disappearance, lying on a nearby bench.
Catalan police launched a search for Mr Davis on November 8 before receiving an official missing persons report from a friend in Ibiza on November 12.
Officers also spoke to four crew members from a cruise ship that docked in Barcelona at 6.30am on October 30 – the day after Levi disappeared – who reported seeing a man in the sea wearing the same light-colored top as Levi.
They said the man shouted for help several times in English.
A lifebuoy was thrown to him, but a subsequent search by police and coastguard found no one.
Officials initially said drowning was only “one line of inquiry” and others had not been ruled out.
Julie Davis, his mother, criticized the investigation by Spanish police as ‘slow’.
She also claimed her son was depressed after struggling with “money worries” and “racial prejudice” during his career at the time of his disappearance.
The case was transferred to a specialized investigation unit in February 2023.
The Mossos d’Esquadra told The Sun that their separate investigation would also remain open.
Levi Davis disappeared on October 29 last year, just hours after arriving in Barcelona, Spain
Ben Foden, Levi Davis and Thom Evans will appear on The X Factor: Celebrity on November 23, 2019
Mr Davis played Premiership rugby union for Bath between 2017 and 2020, when he joined Ealing Trailfinders. A year later he signed for Worthing Raiders.
He starred in Celebrity X Factor in 2019 alongside fellow rugby stars Ben Foden and Thom Evans in a singing group known as Try Star.
He also appeared on E4’s Celebs Go Dating in 2020.