Overview

• Twiss, 28, vanished on October 13, 2024, while hiking alone from Valbona to Theth in Albania’s Accursed Mountains.
• Albanian police and professional mountain teams scoured the route for two weeks using drones and sniffer dogs but found no trace.
• Searchers later recovered his passport and other belongings in his Shkoder hostel after he failed to return.
• The family launched a crowdfunding appeal on June 23 that has garnered over $10,000 to finance private investigators.
• The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has provided no new assistance, and private detectives have yet to unearth any breakthroughs.