Mystery over Brit, 20, who plunged half-naked down lift shaft while on hols with his grandparents as cops launch probe

TURKISH cops are treating the death of Tyler Kerry as suspicious after he was found at the bottom of a lift shaft, his family say.

The 20-year-old was found “flat on his face” in just boxers and socks as the family holiday turned into a “living nightmare”, grandma Collette Kerry told the BBC.

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Tyler Kerry from Basildon died after falling down a lift shift in the hotel he was staying in[/caption]

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Turkish cops have launched a probe and are treating the death as suspicious, Tyler’s grandma said[/caption]

The labourer was found dead at the Trendy Lara Hotel in Antalya after somehow falling down the cavity for the lift.

The Essex lad was discovered less than 36 hours after arriving at the hotel with his grandparents, girlfriend, and other relatives.

Grandma Collette said another grandson alerted her to the tragedy on Friday morning by banging on her door.

She said: “We followed him to the basement of the hotel and Tyler is lying at the bottom of a lift shaft, the lift was closed and he had… just a pair of boxers and socks. He was flat on his face.”

The grim discovery had left her brain “like spaghetti” and Collette said she had not stopped fighting to “justice”.

“They are saying they are treating it as a suspicious death, but it will be up to the prosecutor to decide if that’s what it is going to be.

“It doesn’t seem real. It’s like I’m in a living nightmare… It’s a mystery about how he ended up there.”

Tyler’s uncle, Alex Price, remembered his Manchester United-mad nephew in a touching tribute.

Alex said: “He was an energetic, exuberant young lad who was just settling into his life.

“He had a stable job, had just got himself a new car and was beginning to think about moving in with his girlfriend.”

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