Body found in search for missing hiker who vanished on Scots walking route more than two weeks ago
TRAGIC DISCOVERY Body found in search for missing hiker who vanished on Scots walking route more than two weeks ago
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A BODY has been found in the search for a missing hiker who vanished on a walking route more than two weeks ago.
Richard Dawson was reported missing on Saturday, July 26, after he failed to return from a planned walk of the Five Sisters of Kintail.
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Cops and mountain rescue crews launched an urgent hunt to trace Richard
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The 61-year-old had arrived in the Glen Shiel area of the Highlands on Friday, July 11, but failed to show up for his hotel booking.
Cops and mountain rescue crews launched an urgent hunt to trace Richard.
Police Scotland today confirmed a body has been found in the search for the hiker.
His body is yet to be formally identified, but Richard's family has been informed.
The grim discovery was made in an area below the ridge of the Five Sisters of Kintail around 4pm yesterday.
The body was located and recovered with the assistance of the HM Coastguard helicopter and Kintail Mountain Rescue Team.
There are no apparent suspicious circumstances and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
Richard was described as being 6ft 1ins, of athletic build, with short brown hair, a goatee beard and wearing glasses.
He had a dark coloured rucksack and usually wore a baseball cap or a straw hat.
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