The family and friends of three women and two men are appealing for help to find them after they went missing following a night out in the early hours of Saturday (March 4).
13.02.2023 - 20:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Tributes have been paid to a loving dad-of-three who died suddenly after a night out.
Kevin Orwell and his wife Joanne had travelled to Chester to celebrate a friend's 40th birthday with three other couples when tragedy struck last weekend.
The group had spent much of Saturday in the city, visiting an escape room and then enjoying a night out with food, drinks and karaoke.
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After 'a fantastic night out' they met for breakfast the following morning, but Kev, known as Ozzy to his pals, felt 'rough' so arrived later than the others.
Still feeling a bit off and blaming it on shots from the night before he got himself a 'hair of the dog' Guinness to try to perk himself up.
The couples then made their way back to the Macdonald New Blossoms Hotel to checkout, with Kev picking up a McDonald's breakfast on his way.
But when Joanne arrived just a few minutes later with her friend Vicky, she found her husband collapsed on the floor close to their room.
"He was still making a little bit of a noise at this point," said Joanne, from Astley, Wigan. "I think he was still with me and I was saying 'don't leave me Kev'. He looked so peaceful and he didn't look in any pain.
"He didn't have any marks or look like he'd banged anything, it must have been instant."
Jo stayed with Kev while her friend dashed off to get an ambulance and then a person at the hotel, along with one of the couples David and Laurie Peglar - whose birthday they were celebrating - did CPR.
Despite their efforts, and those of the paramedics who arrived 20 minutes later, the 41-year-old was pronounced dead.
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The family and friends of three women and two men are appealing for help to find them after they went missing following a night out in the early hours of Saturday (March 4).
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