The body of TV doctor Michael Mosley is expected to be released to his family and repatriated from Greece by the weekend, a forensic pathologist has predicted.
Dr Grigoris Leon, who leads the Hellenic society of forensic medicine, has explained that it is a “question of days” before you would expect the beloved broadcaster’s body to be repatriated.
Dr Mosley’s body was found on Sunday in a rocky area near Agia Marina beach after he appeared to turn the wrong way on a hike.
Police said the 67-year-old died of “heat exhaustion” after “sitting down and losing consciousness” near a holiday resort.
Dr Leon told the Guardian: “Usually it’s only a matter of time once a postmortem is conducted for a body to be released.
“That means in this case it’s a question of days before repatriation takes place.”
But the doctor predicted it could take at least two months for the test to come back from Greece as there are only three laboratories in the European nation that can complete refined analysis of human organs and blood, urine and saliva.
Temperatures had almost reached 40C at the time of Mr Mosley’s death and it is believed that he may have sat down to gather himself after being overcome with exhaustion.
CCTV footage appeared to capture Dr Mosley falling over close to where his body was found as his widow said he “very nearly made it” to safety.
Dr Clare Bailey Mosley confirmed a body discovered on Sunday morning in a rocky area was that of her husband, describing the loss as “devastating”.
His body was discovered just 100 metres from the Agia Marina resort.
The doctor, who went missing after leaving his wife and friends at Agios Nikolaos beach on Wednesday, appeared to have undertaken an “incredible climb, took the wrong route and collapsed where he couldn’t be easily seen” by emergency search teams.
