Mum of missing backpacker, 25, issues urgent message after his phone 'went dead'

JORDAN JOHNSON-DOYLE, 25, FROM SOUTHPORT, HAS NOT BEEN SEEN OR HEARD FROM SINCE TUESDAY, MAY 27, AND HIS PHONE WENT DEAD ON FRIDAY, MAY 30, HIS MUM LEANNE BURNETT SAID 15:38, 01 Jun

2025Updated 15:38, 01 Jun 2025 A man from Southport who embarked on a solo journey through South East Asia has gone missing while backpacking in Malaysia. The 25-year-old Jordan

Johnson-Doyle has been out of contact since Tuesday, May 27 His loved ones have been desperately attempting to reach him via phone, email, and social media, until all communication ceased

with his phone dying on Friday, May 30. His mother Leanne Burnett informed the ECHO: "I have been been feeling just sick, numb. I just want to get over there, find him and bring him

home. I want him to know we're looking for him and we're coming to get him. "I have no idea what has happened. All I know is something is really wrong for him not to contact

anybody. I know what he's like and he knows how worried everyone gets at home, that's why he checks in all the time. "If he was to lose his phone and laptop, if someone had

stolen that off him, he knows my number by heart and he would contact. He would go to the nearest hotel to use the phone, or go to an internet café. He'd find a way to get hold of

us.", reports the Liverpool Echo. Jordan was last seen at Healy Mac's Irish Bar in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, where he sent a picture to his best mate Owen at about 8pm on Tuesday, May

27, showcasing the pub's quiz night flyer. It's also suspected he popped into The Social, another watering hole close to Healy Mac's. Article continues below On Wednesday

morning BST, seven hours behind Malaysia, Leanne recounted her experience with the "Find My iPhone" feature, tracking her son's missing phone, showing its last known location

near a bar in a flat block. Leanne shared: "I speak to Jordan every day and I have him on find my iPhone, so I always have a look before I go to bed and when I wake in the morning. But

when I woke up on the Wednesday morning, his Find My iPhone had not updated. It just said 'last seen 11 hours ago'. "It means it's either out of signal or out of range.

And this was the last place it had a signal. It was a block of flats in that same area, literally down the road from the bar." Despite attempts to reach him, she couldn't contact

her son via phone, Facebook, or Instagram and noted that if he lost his phone, he'd usually get in touch through social media. She continued: "But it just kept on showing at this

location, and the 'time last seen' kept going up and up, and now the phone has gone off completely. It's run out of battery." Sadly, on Friday, May 30, three days after

he was last seen, Jordan's phone went dead. A deeply troubled Leanne said: "I'm a really worried mum because he's working away. So he knows if I can't contact him,

he will contact me. I did get a bit anxious and started checking Find My iPhone a bit more and checking Instagram, but just nothing. "I didn't hear from him on Tuesday and by

Wednesday I couldn't get his location. Then his phone went off, and that's when I contacted his best friend Owen, and he said he hadn't heard from him since Tuesday and was

getting worried himself. I called the police straight away." Jordan, a software engineer, had een backpacking through the Mediterranean and South East Asia for about 18 months while

working remotely for a US firm. Article continues below He touched down in Malaysia on May 17 having recently toured Vietnam, and it's believed he chose the Robertson Residences at

Bukit, Kuala Lumpur, as his base.