Police are searching for a British professor who went missing in a remote area of Chile a week ago as his family say they are “deeply concerned”. Thomas Richard Marsh, an astrophysicist at the University of Warwick, was last seen near the astronomical observatory La Silla.
The 61-year-old boffin, from Rugby, Warks., was out on an “observing run” on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert when he vanished. He was last spoken to last Friday morning and has not been seen since.
It is understood Prof Marsh, who is described as a “keen walker”, was wearing a blue rain jacket, walking boots and a grey woollen hat. A major police operation has been launched after he was reported missing.
