Topline
Greek officials are still searching for a U.S. citizen who went missing last week, the latest in a string of disappearances in the country after other missing tourists—including an American—were found dead over the weekend.
Greek officials are also searching for two French tourists.
Key Facts
Albert Calibet, 59, has been missing since June 11 after visiting the Greek island of Amorgos, and was last seen wearing a dark shirt and Bermuda shorts, according to the municipality of Amorgos.
Calibet, a former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy, did not respond to calls from a friend he was meant to meet at the end of a four-hour hike, which Calibet had completed on previous trips to Amorgos, people with knowledge of the case told ABC 7.
Petros Vasilakis, head of the Southern Aegean Police, told CNN that Calibet was by himself in 104-degree weather when he went for the hike, adding police were investigating 15 hiking routes after completing a search on the island.
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What To Watch For
Two French tourists, aged 64 and 73, have been missing after going for a walk on the Greek island of Sikinos on Friday, according to Vasilakis, who said police did not know exactly where they were walking or what their destination was. One of the tourists sent a message of distress to the guest home she was staying at, which then alerted Greek police, Vasilakis said.
Key Background
Other tourists have been found dead or reported missing in Greece over the last week. A 55-year-old American tourist was found dead on the Greek island of Mathraki on Sunday, three days after he was reported missing by a friend he was staying with. Greek officials will perform an autopsy to determine his cause of death, Mathraki officials told ABC News. A 74-year-old Dutch tourist was found dead on the Greek island of Samos on Saturday, according to the Associated Press. Greek officials discovered the tourist lying face down in a ravine about 330 yards from where he was last seen a week earlier. Three other tourists, an 80-year-old Belgian man, a 70-year-old French woman and a 70-year-old Dutch man, died while hiking in Crete on Friday, Greek officials told the New York Times. Michael Mosley, a former British TV presenter, was found dead earlier this month on the Greek island of Symi. Mosley, 67, took the wrong route on a hike and collapsed in a place where his body couldn’t easily be seen, his wife said.
Tangent
Greek officials have issued warnings as temperatures continue to rise across the country, including temperatures as high as 112 degrees on the island of Crete. The Acropolis in Athens was closed to tourists last week as temperatures reached 104 degrees.
