He had propped himself up against a tree, she said, telling family members “One minute it was light and the next minute it was dark,” leading her to guess he was going in and out of consciousness.
His family, including his mother and his twin brother Reece, went out searching for him most days after he disappeared on 6 October, leaving his phone, money and cards.
Ms Roche said it was very out of character for him to go missing.
His children are aged eight, six, five, three and one.
Ms Roche said “no-one has slept properly” and that family members were “constantly on the lookout”.
