Five new Levi Davis questions about 8-hour window from when X-Factor star was last seen on CCTV before ‘drowning at sea’
IT has been six months to the day since X-Factor star Levi Davis vanished in Spain - and there are still baffling questions about his mysterious disappearance.
Spanish cops fear the rugby star drowned in Barcelona's port after he was last seen on CCTV leaving a pub in Las Ramblas.
But little is known about the eight-hour window between the time he was seen leaving The Old Irish Pub and the time investigators suspect he was seen in the water.
The crew of a cruise liner told cops they spotted a man matching Levi's description in the sea as their ship was docking, hours after Levi was caught on CCTV.
Levi's family are pushing for a fresh search of the port and surrounding areas- pending the green light by an investigative judge.
While there are still many unknown details regarding Levi's disappearance, the police's drowning theory seems to raise even more questions about what happened to the beloved rugby player.
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Was the man in the water Levi?
The Mossos d’Esquadra police force told Levi's mum Julie that four cruise ship staff saw a person in the water, shouting for help in English, at 6.30am on October 30.
They said that the man in distress was wearing the same light-coloured top as Levi.
A lifebuoy was tossed down to him without success, but search operations by the police and coastguard were later suspended as crews were unable to find a body.
Investigators told the rugby player's mum, that they fear the man who was reported drowning the day Levi disappeared, was her son.
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However, no body has been found, leaving other possibilities open.
What happened in the eight hours after he was last seen on CCTV?
The talent athlete was last seen on October 29, leaving the Old Irish pub around 10pm wearing jeans, a white T-shirt and trainers.
The aspiring singer was said to have watched the Liverpool vs Leeds game on TV and a live singer before heading off.
The Sun Online tried to retrace his steps in Ibiza and Barcelona and spoke to the bartender who served him that night, probably the last person to see him.
CCTV footage from the pub shows him turning left on La Rambla.
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His last reported sighting was at the Hard Rock Café, with cops confirming he walked back down La Rambla and went to the city's port.
His phone was last pinged close to the port within hours of the sighting in the water in the early hours of October 30.
The cruise ship's staff reported seeing a man in the water around 6.30am the following day.
If that man was indeed Levi, what was he doing for the intervening eight hours?
And we still don't know exactly why Levi travelled to Barcelona from Ibiza - with him arriving in the city at 7pm before being seen alone at the Old Irish Pub three hours later.
How did he end up in the water?
And if the cops' suspicion is correct that Levi was the man spotted at sea, the question remains- how did he end up in the water?
And if jumped or fell into the sea, why was his passport found in the port nearly three weeks after he wenting missing.
The single trace of Levi after his disappearance was the document - which was found discarded in the busy area.
It was discovered near a cargo shipment in November, almost 20 days after he went missing.
The rest of his belongings including his backpack and his laptop have never been found.
Why was there a delay in the cruise ship information?
While the drowning theory has been circulating for some time, it is the first time police revealed it is one of the lines of inquiry.
What complicates the case, even more, is why the information about a potential sighting at sea has only emerged now, six months after Levi's disappearance.
His devastated mum slammed the "slow" investigation as authorities are still waiting to get the go-ahead to launch a fresh search of the waters and other inaccessible areas of the port.
She told The Sun: “Why is this information about the cruise ship staff only coming months later? I don’t know what to believe anymore.
"I know the Spanish police can be slow but I can’t make head nor tail of it.
"There’s lots of answers to questions that I need to know.
"It’s disheartening when you ask police questions and get very limited feedback.
"They say, ‘We can’t tell you that because it will jeopardise the case.’ It’s been a total emotional rollercoaster.
"The way the evidence is pointing isn’t good but without a body, there’s just no way of knowing what’s happened."
What are the other theories police are probing?
The Mossos d’Esquadra clarified Levi's possible drowning was only “one line of inquiry” and others hadn’t been ruled out.
A spokesman for the force said: ";The hypothesis he has drowned is one of the lines of inquiry.
"But other lines of inquiry remain open and haven’t been ruled out.
"We remain in contact with the missing man’s family and are keeping them informed about the evolution of the ongoing inquiry."
Spanish police have previously spoken of "disturbing details" that emerged during the investigation for the missing star.
Catalan cops said Levi's case which was handed over to a specialist crime unit, contained "disturbing" issues with "no logical explanation"
While police have not revealed what other lines of inquiry they are probing, the mystery of Levi's whereabouts has prompted multiple theories over the six months of his disappearance.
Detectives previously hinted that Levi might have gone missing "voluntarily".
A bizarre theory made by a private investigator hired by the family, saw Levi being hunted down by a Somalian gang over a £100,000 debt.
Julie insists her son was being blackmailed and his life was in danger.
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Levi had posted a haunting final video before he disappeared in which he said he was being blackmailed by criminals who threatened to kill him and his family.
One thing is certain: Levi's disappearance remains a mystery and his loved ones are desperate for answers.
