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Body found on Scots beach confirmed as missing woman
22.01.2022 - 00:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A body found on a Scots beach this morning has been confirmed as belonging to a missing woman.
We told how emergency services scrambled to Monifieth Beach in Dundee after the discovery was made at around 10am on Friday morning.
Police, ambulance crews and the coastguard were called to the incident.
Officers have now confirmed that - although formal identification is still to take place - they believe the body is that of a woman reported missing from the Fife area on Monday, January 17.
The missing woman's family has been informed.
The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
Officers sealed off the area following the discovery.
One eyewitness said: "Large police and coastguard presence down at Monifieth Beach just now.
"The path and beach is closed off."
Another said: "There has been lots of sirens this morning. At least two ambulances have gone down that way."
A third confirmed: "A lady's body has been found."
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 9.35am on Friday police were called after the body of a woman was found on Monifieth beach. “Formal identification is still to take place, however officers believe she was missing from the Fife area on Monday, January 17. The missing woman’s family has been informed.
“The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be forwarded to the Procurator Fiscal.”
A spokesperson for the Coastguard said: “We received a call at 10am on Friday to assist Police Scotland and the Scottish Ambulance Service at an incident at Monifieth Beach.
“This was in connection with the recovery of a body from the beach.”
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