A BRITISH woman who vanished from her sunbed on a Greek beach has been found dead, her heartbroken husband has revealed.
Michele Bourda, 59, vanished on August 1 while her husband Chris, 66, slept on a lounger at Ofrynio beach in Kavala.
EnterpriseMichele Bourda, 59, vanished from a Greek beach on August 1[/caption]
CollectThe Brit has been tragically found dead, her husband revealed[/caption]
Her belongings – including glasses, medication and even her towel – were left behind.
The Brit was last seen wearing a two-piece beaded swimsuit, yellow beach shoes, and red sunglasses, according to authorities.
Distraught Chris alerted police immediately but slammed officers as “useless”, claimed they failed to search the water until the evening.
Now, he says officers have located his wife’s remains on the tiny island of Fidonisi, 40km down the coast.
Mr Bourda told the Daily Mail: “They have found her body. Sadly I was expecting this.”
Officers are “99 per cent sure” it is his wife, who was identified by the tankini she was last seen wearing.
Chris said her body was found half-naked, partially eaten by fish and without a head.
Furious, he blasted Greek officers as “useless” for failing to act quickly.
He said: “The problem is the harbour police did not start their search until late at night and I don’t know what effect that had.
“They said they couldn’t find her, they claimed she had disappeared with an unknown man, but this was rubbish.”
Mr Bourda added: “It shouldn’t take them three hours to write up a missing person’s report before starting the search.”
Chris previously told how he was laughed at and had his pleas for help dismissed.
He said: “She had seemed quite happy that day. We went for a short swim as it was windy and there were a few waves.
“She then ordered a few crepes and said we could have a nice sleep after.
“Unfortunately I fell asleep first and when I woke up she wasn’t there.”
Panicked, he scoured the beach, checked the toilets and asked nearby holidaymakers if they had seen her.
When he asked a waiter if his wife was missing, he said the staffer laughed.
Only after he explained she had “psychological problems” did they take him seriously.
A shopkeeper then rang the police – who took two hours to arrive.
“The police didn’t do anything on the day,” he said.
“One guest who was there that day said she didn’t see any police and I didn’t see any police that day either, not one single policeman at the beach.
ANT1Michele was last pictured just hours before her disappearance[/caption]
EPT NEWSHer husband criticised police for slow action before her body was found 40km away[/caption]
“The only thing I saw was a police car driving up and down the road to the beach. Not getting out of the car, just looking in the direction of the sea.”
Chris accused cops of failing to use dogs, drones or helicopters and said boats were only deployed in the early morning or night “so as not to disturb or concern the tourists.”
The pharmacist, who also lodged a complaint with the British Embassy in Athens, said he felt abandoned.
He explained: “The police are not bothered, they sit in their office in the shade or I’ve seen others just standing in the shade under some trees.
“That’s how they work. When I visited the station there were just five of them sitting there playing on their phones.”
While furious with Greek authorities, he also pointed to failures at home.
“If she had seen a psychiatrist much earlier and got the relevant medication then she would have still been alive,” he said.
Michele, who had worked for BT and a local council, had long battled depression and anxiety and had once gone missing in London after being made redundant, but was found quickly that time.
The couple, married for 36 years after meeting at university in Germany, had been enjoying a six-week holiday after visiting family.
“We were talking the other day and she was saying how happy our 40 years together [were] and I said yes, we will hopefully have another 40 years in front of us,” Chris said.
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