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On the latest episode of On The Case, host Alex Matthews is joined by senior reporter Arthur Parashar to discuss his investigation into the strange death of British tourist Josh Rogers in Spain.

Rogers, 33, from Bloxwich, near Walsall, was last seen leaving an all-inclusive resort at midday in Lloret de Mar, Catalonia.

A keen solo traveller, Rogers had visited the seaside town for a week-long holiday. Less than a day into the trip, he vanished without a trace.

On 23 September 2025, three days after going missing, Rogers's body was discovered in woodland above the resort town. Spanish investigators found no signs of violence, and the autopsy gave no specific cause of death.

On the latest episode of On The Case, host Alex Matthews is joined by reporter Arthur Parashar to discuss his investigation into the strange death of British tourist Josh Rogers (pictured)

The Rogers family, however, are convinced Josh was the victim of foul play. Parashar's investigation for the Daily Mail unearthed holes in the original police inquiry that raised serious questions about how the young man died.

One such question hangs over one of the last people to see Rogers alive: a local taxi driver, who drove him from Barcelona airport to the resort and agreed to speak to the Daily Mail.

In his statement to police, the driver said he had simply driven Rogers from the airport to his hotel, stopping along the way to buy a kebab.

However, speaking to Parashar in Lloret, the driver gave an account that deviated wildly from his original statement.

'What he told us was completely different to what he told detectives', Parashar told On The Case.

'Within minutes, he was telling me that he had sourced cocaine for Josh, that he dropped him off at the Lloret de Mar strip, which is full of aggressive prowling drug dealers ready to prey on innocent British holidaymakers.

'It was a complete change from what he told police and Josh's family… he said he took Josh to the Londoner nightclub, we visited the area and it's full of dealers.

'One thing to note is that the taxi driver did have a history of being involved in drugs. He told us that he'd first attempted to message an old drug dealing contact to see if he could help Josh and when that dealer wasn't available, he took him to the strip hoping they would be able to find someone there.'

Parashar described how his instant reaction to the taxi driver was one of 'suspicion', given his eagerness to talk to the reporter.

He explained: 'Within minutes he'd made this bombshell admission of sourcing drugs for Josh before his death.

'There were suddenly all these hours unaccounted for and who he could have bumped into on this strip.

The body was discovered near a set of hilltop villas, roughly a 25-minute uphill walk from Rogers's hotel

'The taxi driver himself, he seemed to speak very fondly of Josh and the family and was saying that he was very upset about what happened - but then would often just erupt into laughter at points.'

Elsewhere in the podcast, Parashar explains another element of the case that simply does not add up.

Rogers had a genetic disorder known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. It affects the nerves that control the muscles, causing weakness and a reduced walking speed.

The body was discovered near a set of hilltop villas, roughly a 25-minute uphill walk from Rogers's hotel. His family say his disability makes it highly unlikely he would have attempted the climb, and believe he was driven there.

Parashar explained: 'His body was found in a wooded area surrounded by huge villas in a completely different part of town. How he got there remains a complete mystery.

'Where Josh was found was around a 25-minute walk from the hotel. We retraced it ourselves. It's steep. It's gruelling. In that kind of heat, there's just no way Josh would have managed to get there on his own.'

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