Levi Davis bombshell as friend reveals mystery activity on X Factor star’s Instagram account months after he vanished
A CLOSE friend of Levi Davis has revealed the missing X-Factor star’s Instagram account has been active MONTHS after he vanished.
Chantelle Small knew Levi through his family, the two had become close through music, and they regularly messaged back and forth.
Earlier this week we revealed she and the rugby player spoke in the early hours of the day he disappeared over Instagram - chatting about 1am UK time.
The 24-year-old aspiring singer and talented rugby player appeared to have a glittering future when he vanished last year on October 29.
And now she has told how his social media account has been appeared as “active” several times since he vanished.
Chantelle says her friend's disappearance "makes no sense", but she still lives in hope that he will be found alive.
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She told Sun Online: “I kept going online on his Instagram and it kept showing ‘activated yesterday’ or 'activated today'.
“I suggested to his family to work out who has access to it as well because it gives you false hope.”
The 35-year-old said this - with other friends also pointing out contacts appear to have been deleted.
She added: “I'm hoping it's nothing and hopefully there's another lead and they do find him.
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“I'm hoping he's still in Spain. I've read many articles. I try not to check every day because it's too painful but I hope he's just somewhere safe and hiding.
“Now and then I message him to see if my text would send and say ' hope you're okay you're safe.
“You got to still have a bit of hope. You got to try and think that maybe he's hiding, that's the only possible way to think about it.”
Earlier this week Spanish police launched a new search for Levi in two areas.
Divers are carrying out underwater searches in the Catalan city's busy port, and cops are also searching through the Llobregat Delta.
The wetlands are near the Barcelona–El Prat Airport.
And the area has never before been mentioned in connection with Levi's disappearance.
Levi was last seen leaving a pub in Barcelona on October 29.
His passport was found at the city's busy port 20 days after his disappearance.
Frustration has been going over the progress of the investigation, with Levi's mum Julie Davis saying the probe had been "slow".
Spanish cops leading theory is based on a report of a man matching Levi's description spotted in the water from a cruise ship at 6.30am on October 30.
Mysteries surround his disappearance - with it being unclear exactly why he went to Barcelona after staying with a pal in Ibiza.
Detectives have said they are investigating whether he may have drowned by are also keeping other lines of enquiry open - saying there are "disturbing" elements to the case back in February.
Chantelle told The Sun Online: "[Levi was] so full of life and so humble. Even with everything that's happened, he's so happy and he always puts other before himself.
"Professional as well, everything he did he'd put his 100% in."
The two last spoke when he was asking her for £50 to "get to his destination" and said he couldn't get hold of anyone else in the early hours on the day he vanished.
When she asked where he was and where he was going, Levi declined to answer, simply saying: "Don't worry, I'll sort it".
The messages are some of the last known contact Levi had with his friends before he vanished in Barcelona.
And while she has told the family about the messages, she has not been spoken to by the police.
In a message shared with The Sun Online, Levi asked Chantelle: "I'm trying to get hold of some mates but everyone is asleep, need [£]50 to get to my destination and get paid of Monday, but it's okay if you can't!! I will bell afew people, I feel awful asking already."
Chantelle responded saying she couldn't afford it at the moment - and asked Levi where he was trying to get to.
"Ignore me it's all good!! And just literally travelling Europe and sorting my travel but don't worry I'll sort it!! I'll bell you tomorrow and go over some music," replied Levi.
The two signed off agreeing that they would speak on Sunday - October 30.
Chantelle, a student and radio producer, never heard from Levi again.
The Sun Online tried to retrace the star's steps in Ibiza where he stayed with friend Richard Squire before travelling to Barcelona by ferry to "meet some mates".
Exactly what has happened to Levi remains a mystery - with each development throwing up more questions than answers.
After arriving in the Spanish city, the rugby ace never got in touch to confirm he had arrived.
He was last seen leaving The Old Irish Pub on La Rambla at 10.05pm, after ordering a pint while watching football on TV.
Levi played Premiership rugby union for Bath between 2017 and 2020, when he joined Ealing Trailfinders. A year later he signed for Worthing Raiders.
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The 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, he appeared on E4 dating series Celebs Go Virtual Dating and became the first rugby union player to come out as bisexual.
