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Arbroath family ‘kept in the dark’ three months on from man’s disappearance in Portugal

Kenna Balion with a missing poster of her brother Jon.
Kenna Balion with a missing poster of her brother Jon.

The family of an Arbroath man who is missing abroad say they are being “kept in the dark” by Portuguese police.

Jon Edwards disappeared from his apartment in Lagos on September 15.

His sister Kenna Balion and mother Lesley travelled to west Algarve that month in a bid to discover more but since returning say they have received no information about the investigation from the Policia Judiciaria.

Kenna said: “Jon has been missing for almost three months and we are no further forward.

“When we were first made aware of Jon’s disappearance, my mum and I flew to Portugal to establish what had happened, as well as ensure that steps were being taken to find him.

“But since returning, we have been kept in the dark the PJ have made no effort to contact us.

“I read in a Portuguese newspaper article that the PJ have drawn a blank but this is not something they have discussed with us.”

Jon, 31, started working at a restaurant in Lagos at the start of September.

He posted a message on his Facebook account stating that he had knocked himself unconscious by falling down a hill in the early hours of September 12.

He was sent home from his job as a chef after vomiting later that day and suffered from headaches and dizziness in the following two days before he disappeared.

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