Friends and family are still searching for answers six months after Logan dad Mr Dowell was dared to eat the lizard. Mr Dowell, who would’ve turned 35 last week, was rushed to Brisbane’s Mater ...

An Australian family is still grieving over the unexpected loss of their father, who fell gravely ill allegedly after eating a gecko on a dare. David Dowell was reportedly challenged to eat the small ...

Dave Dowell and his partner of 15 years Allira before the fatal party. Source: Facebook/Allira Marie Bricknell. Pain, grief and mystery surrounds the death of a Queensland man who died in December ...

The father who swallowed a gecko as a dare at a Christmas party and died 10 days after could have been killed by another animal. David Dowell tragically died at Brisbane's Mater Hospital on December 1 ...

Days after David Dowell was dared to eat a gecko at a party, he was in hospital vomiting up bile. He died "in absolute agony". Photo / Facebook Dad-of-three David Dowell was always known as a loveable ...

A father-of-three died in “absolute agony” 10 days after he was dared to eat a gecko by friends at a party, his family has said. David Dowell, from Queensland, Australia, was rushed to hospital last ...