A sinister new theory has emerged about the mysterious death of an Australian real estate agent in Bali, as his heartbroken family make a desperate plea for the mystery man who filmed his final moments to come forward.
Charlie John Bradley, 28, was found dead on the road outside a hospital clinic in north Kuta, in the south of Bali, several hours after leaving Finns Beach Club on Sunday morning.
His distraught family have been desperately searching for answers about what happened to him in the gap between midnight, when he left the club, and around 3.40am, when he was found.
Now his sister Beth Bradley has told Daily Mail Australia that she suspects her brother may have been a victim of methanol poisoning – after being assured by friends no drugs were taken.
Charlie John Bradley (pictured, left) was found outside a health clinic in the early hours of Sunday morning. His sister, Beth (right), has asked those who saw him in his final moments to come forward to help their family find out what happened to him
North Kuta police examine the location outside the Bhaktivedanta Clinic where Mr Bradley was found
‘Charlie doesn’t drink beer – he sticks to spirits,’ she said.
‘There’s a lot of methanol poisoning in Bali. It seems that a lot of the bars pump their alcohol with ethanol themselves to save them money in terms of producing it.
‘The body can’t hack that much which can end up with you having hallucinations, not being able to walk, shaking and multiple other symptoms.’
Ms Bradley said she had ‘wracked her brain a million times over’ in a search for answers and that this was the most plausible.
‘Every time I’ve Googled people dying in Bali it seems to be a very similar situation and it seems to be happening more as of late,’ she said.
Ms Bradley stressed that it was just a theory at this stage as the family face an agonising wait to repatriate his body for a post mortem examination in Australia.
But she said it might explain the chilling phone call she received on Monday from a doctor who treated her brother at Siloam Hospital in Kuta.
‘The doctor told me that a man had brought Charlie into the hospital and that he showed him a video of Charlie standing, looking confused and shouting,’ she said.
‘He then fell to the ground and was rolling around. He stood up, fell again and banged his head on the floor – five times. By the time he received Charlie at the hospital, Charlie had passed away.’
Unfortunately, the doctor did not get the man’s name or ask for a copy of the video.
Ms Bradley has made a desperate plea for that individual to come forward to spare their family the anguish of not knowing what happened in his final moments.
The ‘mystery man’ accords with the latest update from Bali Police, whose spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia that they have interviewed two witnesses about the baffling death.
Police officers visit Siloam Hospital where Mr Bradley was taken. A doctor there told Mr Bradley’s sister an unknown man showed him a video of the victim behaving erratically before his death
The first is a local woman who came across Mr Bradley while driving past on a motorbike and the second is a taxi driver called Dani Siswanto who drove him to hospital.
‘Mr Siswanto said that the first time he saw Mr Bradley, there was another foreigner who also helped to take the victim into the taxi and take him to Siloam Hospital,’ Bali police spokesperson Stefanus Setianto said.
‘Dani said that the foreigner told him that the he didn’t know Mr Bradley. When police arrived at hospital, the foreigner was no longer there.’
Mr Setianto also revealed that Mr Bradley was seen stumbling and falling in the street outside Da Maria Restaurant, which is less than a five minute walk from where he was found outside the clinic.
‘Witnesses said that the victim was staggering and fell down several times along the street,’ he said.
He added: ‘There were some abrasions (scratch wounds) in his body, allegedly because he fall down on the street.’
Mr Bradley, a talented amateur boxer, had flown from Sydney last Thursday to attend a music festival on the popular holiday island with a friend.
The friend left the beach club before him at around 10pm.
‘Charlie left Finns at 12:10am,’ Ms Bradley explained.
‘I’ve spoken to the girl who got him into the taxi. She confirmed that Charlie recited the address to the taxi driver and he said he knew were that was.’
The family know that he tried to call his friend three times around 1.30am but they have scant few details about his movements after leaving the club.
‘Did Charlie make it home?’, asked Ms Bradley.
‘Did he get into the villa and then go back out? Or did he even make it back there? We have no idea. We’re assuming by the fact that he called his friend he made it back and was banging on the door trying to get in but it’s just so hard to know.’
Although Ms Bradley acknowledges she is dealing with a ‘massive language barrier’, she feels cruelly let down by the Indonesian authorities.
‘To be honest, with the actions that have been taken, I’ve really lost faith in their system,’ she said.
‘If this had happened in any other country there wouldn’t be this many gaps.
Indonesian Police say they have launched an investigation into the real estate agent’s death and have so far spoken to two witnesses
‘The guy that brought him in – they would have got his name and found out more details behind it all.’
She added: ‘Nobody’s even identified his body yet – we don’t know how severe his wounds are.’
Her brother worked for real estate firms like Belle and McGrath and specialised in the Newcastle market.
He posted a photo of himself posing in front of the Harbour Bridge with the caption: ‘Beats Coventry I reckon’.
The 28-year-old’s family, who live in Adelaide, are working with UK authorities to bring his body back to Australia.
His other devastated sister Angela set up a GoFundMe page to bring him home, which has so far raised over $40,000.
Mr Bradley, a UK citizen, migrated from Coventry to Sydney back in 2013. He posted a photo of himself posing in front of the Harbour Bridge with the caption: ‘Beats Coventry I reckon’
‘This shocking news has rocked our family entirely, Charlie was loved by so many,’ she wrote.
‘Let this be a reminder to you all that life is too short, and hug those closest to you tightly.’
Adelaide Titans Football Club, who Mr Bradley used to play for, posted a moving tribute to the ‘loveable geezer that has been taken way too early’.
‘His infectious smile and loveable character made an immediate impact throughout the entire club and he kept in close contact with many at the club over the better part of a decade.’
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