A solitary winter hike in the Snowdonia mountains ended in tragedy for a father from Lancashire but what rescuers found next would finally unravel the mystery of a missing psychiatrist who vanished more than a decade earlier.
David Brookfield, 65, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, went missing on January 9, 2023, after setting out alone into the Carneddau range in Snowdonia National Park.
The experienced walker had sent a text to his wife from the summit of Carnedd Llewelyn, one of the highest peaks in Wales. But he never returned.
Despite extensive searches amid treacherous winter conditions, it wasn't until May 10 - four months later - that a coastguard helicopter crew, carrying out a training mission in the Ogwen Valley, spotted his body in a steep gully on Pen yr Ole Wen.
But the grim discovery would lead to an even more astonishing revelation.
