Mystery as British father, 65, goes missing in Thailand during 'solo retirement ... trends now
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A British father has disappeared in Thailand during a solo trip planned to celebrate his retirement.
David Goldthorpe, 65 from Edinburgh, was expected to return home on Sunday but never boarded his flight from Phuket to Doha, Thai police confirmed.
Relatives described receiving 'some odd messages and then silence' before David vanished in appeals for information on Facebook.
They say David had flown out on April 12 and stayed at a hotel in Bangkok for a week before travelling to a popular resort, before losing contact last Wednesday around 3.30am.
'It is not normal for him to not contact his daughter, Hayley,' daughter-in-law Kate Goldsmith told the Daily Record, urging anyone with information to contact Police Scotland or the British embassy in
