A vulnerable teenager who went missing while on holiday died of drowning, an inquest has been told.
A major land, sea and air search was launched after 16-year-old Athrun Lombardo was reported missing on May 10 while staying in Llandudno with his parents and brother.
The teenager, said to have been autistic, dyspraxic and with complex needs, was last seen at the resort’s West Shore wearing only his blue swimming shorts.
Four days later his body was found in the sea and a paramedic at Conwy lifeboat station confirmed his death.
After a post-mortem examination, Home Office pathologist Dr Jonathan Medcalf gave a provisional cause of death as drowning.
At the opening of an inquest in Ruthin John Gittins, Senior Coroner for North Wales East and Central, said the family had been visiting Mrs Lombardo’s parents in Llandudno.
The family, from Pinkers Mead, Emersons Green, Bristol were staying in an Air B&B a the time.
The inquest was adjourned to a date to be fixed.
