The household of a father-of-four who died on vacation in Benidorm say new proof has additional satisfied them that foul play was concerned in his demise.
Nathan Osman, 30, from Pontypridd in South Wales, was on a protracted weekend break with mates in Benidorm in September 2024.
Lower than 24 hours after he arrived, his physique was discovered by an off-duty police officer on the backside of a distant 650ft (200m) cliff on the outskirts of the resort.
He died from head and belly accidents after falling from peak, a autopsy discovered.
Native police mentioned it was “a tragic accident” that occurred after Nathan left his mates in Benidorm to stroll again to his resort room alone.
However his household consider the investigation into his demise has not been satisfactory, and that the native authorities have by no means thought of the potential for a murder.
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Nathan Osman. Pic: Household photograph
Their suspicions of foul play have been first provoked by the truth that the distant location the place Nathan was discovered was in the other way to the resort, and far away on foot.
They started doing their very own investigating, constructing a timeline of occasions drawn from sources together with CCTV, witness statements and Nathan’s financial institution data, which they are saying confirmed makes an attempt have been made to make use of his financial institution playing cards the day after he died.
After presenting their findings to Spanish prosecutors as proof that others might have been concerned, the case was reopened earlier this yr.
Now, the household have advised Sarah-Jane Mee on The UK Tonight that new telephone knowledge they’ve uncovered suggests he could not have reached the spot he was discovered on foot.
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Nathan’s brother Lee, mom Elizabeth and father Jonathan communicate to Sarah-Jane Mee
After getting the telephone again a few months in the past, they are saying they tracked Nathan’s final actions by means of a well being app.
“There’s a breakdown inside the app of every 10 minutes – the distance, pace, measurement of pace… every detail you can think of,” Nathan’s brother, Lee Evans, tells Mee.
“His pace wasn’t consistent with a fast walk or even a sprint.”
He mentioned it was a sooner journey, regardless of being uphill for 40 minutes, which has satisfied the household that he was in a car.
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Pic: Household handout
The household additionally went to go to the world the place Nathan was discovered.
“We were a bit upset, but we were very pleased we went up there”, his mom, Elizabeth, says. “We could see… there’s no way he would have looked at that area and thought, ‘I’m going up here.’
“You may see straight off, there is not any golf equipment, there is not any accommodations up there, there’s simply the odd home dotted round. It was simply out within the wild, there was nothing up there.”
The family says the phone data has helped them determine that he died around half an hour after he was seen on CCTV walking towards his hotel in the early hours of the morning.
“It was actually ridiculous to assume that my son would’ve walked up there [the remote location where he died] at 4am within the pitch darkish.”
After the household have been interviewed by Mee in Could, South Wales Police opened its personal investigation into Nathan’s demise.
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Nathan’s household talking to Mee in Could
Lee says the Welsh power has been “appalled” by the shortage of proof turned over from the native police’s investigation.
His and Nathan’s father, Jonathan, says: “No procedures were followed. Nothing was cordoned off, it wasn’t a crime scene. There’s loads of things that could’ve been taken. Tyre tracks, foot tracks, nothing. No DNA taken.”
Lee says: “All that we’ve done over the last year, this could’ve been squashed within the first week, two weeks [by local investigators].
“We have needed to discover out and preserve delving into each doable end result and overturn each stone doable. We began off with… a needle in a haystack, we had no path or any assist on which method to go.”
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Nathan Osman. Pic: Household handout
What does Nathan’s household hope for now?
Nathan’s household say they’ve situated 27 CCTV cameras which might have picked Nathan up within the space, after native investigators did not discover any.
Elizabeth says that after alerting Spanish police to the places, they have been advised that the CCTV “wouldn’t be working” or that footage would’ve already been erased.
“They just surmised everything,” she provides.
However the household, who discovered the final recognized CCTV footage of Nathan earlier this yr, are satisfied there’s nonetheless hope.
Lee says: “There’s a number of CCTV footage in that area. We know there’s a way of finding a vehicle of some sort.”
However the household admit they could by no means discover whoever may very well be liable for Nathan’s demise as a result of a lot time has been misplaced.
Elizabeth concludes: “Nathan walks with us every day. We all believe that,” including that “all we want” is to seek out those liable for his demise and for him to “have the respect of a decent investigation”.
