R200,000 reward offered for information on missing rugby player
Updated | By Jean-Mari Schmidt
Levi Davis was last seen on the 29th of October 2022.
It's a sad day when a mother has to go on national television and plead for information on her missing son.
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In an emotional interview on 'Good Morning Britain', Julie Davis, the mother of 24-year-old rugby player Levi Davis, spoke about her last interaction with her son.
She mentioned how her motherly instinct had told her to hug him the last time she saw him.
There's always that mother's instinct. Just before he left there was a message that said to me, 'give him a hug because you just don't know if this is going to be your last.- Julie Davis
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Understandably, she broke down in tears and was comforted by host Susanna Reid.
'That mother's instinct. Just before he left there was a message that said to me, give him a hug because you just don't know if this is going to be your last.'
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) January 25, 2023
Julia Davis emotionally speaks about the last time she saw her son. Levi Davis has been missing since October last year pic.twitter.com/V6URBcJqSb
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In December, it was announced that a private investigator and his team volunteered to help the family locate Davis.
At this time, they have only been able to find his passport, which was discovered at the Barcelona port.
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There have been a few unconfirmed sightings of the Bath rugby player and rumours have surfaced that he could have had a substantial amount of debt with the Somali mafia, although this has not yet been verified.
Levi Davis is well-known for featuring on 'Celebrity X Factor' in 2019 and 'Celebs Go Dating' in 2020, but has had some personal struggles in the last few years following a ligament injury. According to his mother, he had been struggling with mental health issues but she did not believe he went to Barcelona with the intent of harming himself in any way.
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The investigative team is still hoping that any information which could lead to the safe discovery of Davis and his return home.
Hopefully, the family will soon be able to receive some closure.
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