An Edinburgh University graduate who was working as an English teacher in Japan has tragically been found dead after being missing for eight days.
A frantic search was sparked after she failed to show up for her job last week.
Her worried friends in Japan launched a poster campaign in a bid to find her, while her family faced an agonising wait back home in the UK for news.
After eight days of being missing, her devastated dad received "the worst news imaginable"
Her father Steve, 68, from Nottingham, said: “We were notified last night.
“Police told me that had found Alice’s body. It was the worst news imaginable.
“We are devastated and it is a very difficult time for our family.”
Steve, who is divorced from Alice's mum Julie,63, added: “We are at a complete loss and her mother is struggling, she’s beside herself with grief.”
The Daily Star reports how Alice, 28, likely took her own life as police are not treating the death as suspicious.
Her bosses raised the alarm with the authorities after she failed to show up at work last week.
Cops broke into her home on July 1 after she was reported missing and found a note addressed to her dad and brother.
Her father Steve received an email the day after she was last seen on June 29 which is the last one she ever sent.
He said: “I’d got a Father’s Day present from her, a membership to Sheffield University Theatre, and I responded with an email thanking her.
"She then sent an email in reply, that was our last communication and everything seemed absolutely fine.
“As far as we know she wasn’t depressed, she seemed to be leading a happy, fulfilling life.”
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