Levi Davis: Private detective leading hunt for missing X Factor star claims he KNOWS who is behind his disappearance
A PRIVATE detective leading the hunt for Levi Davis claims to have identified the person behind his disappearance.
Gavin Burrows believes the former Bath rugby star, 24, is still alive.
He said his team have sent evidence to Spanish cops that suggests a man drugged, groomed and manipulated Levi over several months.
Mr Burrows - whose firm is offering a £10,000 reward for information that could lead to Levi being found - believes he is the person responsible for his disappearance, reports
He claims to have unearthed a recording of his team's main suspect admitting to putting a picture of Levi on a dating website and accessing his social media accounts three weeks ago.
Levi spoke about being blackmailed by criminals who threatened to kill him and his family in a chilling last video.
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He initially deleted the footage after posting it on Instagram but it has reemerged last week, three months after the X Factor star vanished in Barcelona.
Levi was last seen leaving a pub in the Spanish city on October 29, after travelling there from Ibiza.
The video begins with him saying: “My name is Levi Davis and my life is in danger. I beg that you listen and try to understand what I’m telling you.”
In the footage, a distressed Levi alleges he was being blackmailed by criminals who threatened him and his family.
He said the blackmail began after he had been on X Factor in 2019.
Levi said in the 15-minute footage: “I was told by them in ways which are not direct but are absolutely true that they were going to attempt - if I said anything out - they were going to attempt to kill me, threaten my family.
“And they also were trying to frame me.”
Mr Burrows said he believes Levi is still alive despite claims Levi could have drowned in Barcelona’s port near where his passport was found after being hunted by criminals over a £100,000 debt.
He believes his team knows who the mastermind behind Levi's situation is.
Mr Burrows told the Mail: "Levi was lured to Barcelona on a pretext and was never seen again.
"Two days after posting his video on social media, he disappeared."
LEVI DAVIS DISAPPEARANCE TIMELINE
October 25 - Posted video on Instagram in which he talked about being blackmailed by criminals, who threatened to kill him and his family. It was originally deleted.
October 29 - Travelled to Barcelona from Ibiza and sent a video from the ferry in which he can be heard saying: "Hi mum... it's beautiful."
October 29 - Was seen around 10.30pm on CCTV leaving the Old Irish Pub. Close friend Mike Guida revealed he was left a message by Levi soon after he left the pub. He also made a mystery payment from his phone hours before.
October 30 - Levi's phone signal was last detected close to Barcelona's Sants Estació mainline train station overnight.
November 17 - Cops reported to be investigating two new sightings of Levi after he was potentially spotted just minutes from the pub.
November 19 - Levi’s passport was found in the port area of Barcelona, near a cargo shipment. His mum revealed his bank card had not been used since he vanished and only had €40 on him.
December 9 - Private Investigator Gavin Burrows begins working on the case and he offers a £10,000 reward for information leading to discovering what happened to Levi.
January 27 - Gavin Burrows reveals Levi may have fled for his life from his flat to escape a Somali drug gang he owed money to.
February 1 - Levi's Instagram had up to 38 contacts mysteriously deleted after he vanished, Burrows revealed. The names and how they were deleted could provide vital clues about what happened to him.
February 3 - The last video made by Levi resurfaces after being retrieved by Burrows and his team.
Exactly what has happened to Levi remains a mystery.
He has not used his bank cards since he vanished in the Catalan capital with only €40 in cash on him.
After his time on X Factor he began to build a music career with a second single - Los Angeles - due to be released in November, for which publicity pictures were taken.
His friends say they were concerned about him before he left the UK.
It also recently emerged that Levi's Instagram had up to 38 contacts mysteriously deleted after he vanished.
His mum Julie, broke down in tears when she talked about her son's disappearance on Good Morning Britain last month.
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The talented rugby player-turned-reality star performed on X Factor: Celebrity in 2019 with fellow rugby players Ben Foden and Thom Evans as part of the group Try Star.
In 2020, the year he made history by becoming the first rugby union player to come out as bisexual while still playing, he appeared on the E4 dating series Celebs Go Virtual Dating.