Found Deceased Charles Kelly, 56, hill walking in the Glen Etive area of Glencoe, Scotland, 7 September 2023

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We are continuing to search for 56-year-old Charles (known as Charlie) Kelly who left his home in Tillicoultry on Wednesday, 6 September, to go hill walking in the Glencoe area.

Charlie’s family last heard from him on Thursday night around 8pm, but there has been no contact since and there are real concerns for his safety and welfare.

When last seen, Charlie was wearing a dark green coloured fleece top, dark grey combat-style trousers and a black waterproof jacket. It is believed he may also be carrying a navy blue rucksack.

We continue to appeal for information from anyone who may have seen Charlie, particularly those who may have been walking in the Glen Etive area of Glencoe between Wednesday, 6 September and Sunday.

Extensive resources are being deployed in the area. Police and partner agencies are working together in the search for Charlie. With assistance from mountain rescue teams from Glencoe, Lochaber and Oban and Arrochar. The Royal Air Force and the Search and Rescue Dog Association, along with a helicopter from HM Coastguard.

If anyone has seen Charlie or has any information about his whereabouts, please do get in touch.

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Armed forces join in major search for missing Glencoe hillwalker

Police say "extensive resources" have been deployed in the search for Charles Kelly who went hillwalking in Glencoe.

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Rescuers find missing hillwalker's backpack amid Glencoe search

Charles Kelly left his home in Tillicoultry on Wednesday and has not been in touch with family since Thursday.

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Rescuers find missing hillwalker's backpack amid Glencoe search

Charles Kelly left his home in Tillicoultry on Wednesday and has not been in touch with family since Thursday.

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That sounds very ominous. One positive, I suppose, is that it will help to narrow down the search area.

 

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Not an experienced hiker and no water left (with his pack anyway). I hadn’t realised he’d spoken to his wife and said he was lost either. Not looking good.

 

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Over the past three days mountain rescue volunteers have been searching the area where a bag matching the description of Mr Kelly's was found.

Rucksack found in Glen Etive search for missing walker

Charlie Kelly, from Tillicoultry, was heading to Glen Etive when he last made contact with relatives.

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Glencoe Mountain Rescue, doing a fantastic job.
Volunteers from GMR and Tayside Mountain Rescue Team along with Officers from Police Scotland MRT have concluded the 5th day of searching fro Charlie Kelly.

Searches for the last few days have been focusing in the Glen Etive area, where a rucksack that matches the description of the one Charlie was beleived to be carrying was found. This area has now been thoroughly searched using helicopters, drones, dogs and boots on the ground from 8 Mountain Rescue teams

The search for Charlie will continue at a smaller scale until the weekend as some volunteers must return to thier work and families. The search will resume at the weekend in larger numbers to conduct more detailed searches.

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Orange peel could be key to finding Celtic fan missing in Glencoe

Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team revealed that Charles Kelly took oranges out hillwalking but they weren't in his rucksack that was found.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

 

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Glencoe Mountain Team
After 10 days of intensive searching, we have had to make the difficult decision to scale back the search for Charlie Kelly.

It is still very much our aim to bring Charlie back to his family. GMR and other teams will continue to search on a part-time basis as and when the weather allows, and volunteers have time between work and family commitments.

The search has covered a massive arrea of intricate terrain, but there has been no trace of Charlie since his rucksack was found on Saturday the 9th. The search so far has involved helicopters, dogs, drones, and 10 different mountain rescue teams, including civilian, RAF, and Police MRT.

However, if new evidence comes to light providing a focused area to search, the response may be stepped up again. To that end, we are asking once more for people to think back to the 6th, 7th, and 8th of September. Were you at Glencoe Mountain Resort,
- Meall a Bhuirdh or suronding hills - Creise, Clach Leathad, Beinn Mhic Chasgaig, or possibly you may have seen him in Glen Etive? If you were there, please check back through your photos of the day. Was there someone in the background of your summit selfie? Also, we would like to hear from anyone who has found a pile of orange peel on the hill in this area, we know Charlie had two with him, but there was no peel in his bag. This may help us work out his route.

Charlie is believed to be wearing a black waterproof jacket, grey trousers and a dark green fleece, he was last seen with a pair of walking poles. Charlie is described as having a distinctive unusual gait due to a hip problem and may have been moving slowly.

Please help us bring Charlie home by sharing among your hill going friends.



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Family of hiker missing in Glencoe for weeks issue desperate appeal to find him

Charlie Kelly, 56, has not been seen or heard from since September 8.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

 

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Missing hiker's bag found without fruit he packed as mystery goes on

Charlie Kelly is a forensic psychologist in the Scottish Prison Service. He has been missing since the beginning of September after going to Glen Coe alone on a hike

www.mirror.co.uk

 

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Sad news, Charles has been found
The body of a man has been found in the Glen Etive area of Glencoe.

He is yet to be formally identified but the family of Charles Kelly, 56, who had been reported missing in the area has been informed.

There are no apparent suspicious circumstances and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.

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On the 24/10/23 one of our volunteers along with colleagues from Lake District Search And Mountain Rescue Association - LDSAMRA discovered a body while searching in Glen Etive for Charlie Kelly.

Formal identification is yet to take place but Charlie's family have been informed.

The volunteers from the Lakes had reached out to offer their assistance in the search using a new piece of automated drone searching software that they had developed. The team from LDSAMRA met with GMR to gain an understanding of where we had searched already and our insight into Charlie from discussions with his family. From this information they designed a search pattern for the drones.

This was one of the first times this software has been deployed on a live search and the first "find" for the team outside of simulated searches.

After the automated "find" was confirmed a full team callout was initiated. GMR volunteers then completed the recovery on behalf of Police Scotland.

Thank you to the many teams who have assisted with this search, and particularly the drone pilots from LDSAMRA.

Our thoughts are with all of Charlie's friends and family at this time.

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The Lake District association made contact with the Glencoe team because its drone group had developed new, computer assisted search software for drones.

Members of Cockermouth and Duddon mountain rescue teams travelled to Glencoe when a weather window opened and launched the drones.

On the morning of October 24, the team deployed and began searching. The drone’s software autonomously covers an area, taking multiple photographs as it goes.

The spokesman said: “Each photo is overlapped, so objects that cannot be seen from one angle, can be spotted from another. After the drone lands, those photos are analysed by the software, which searches each image for unusually coloured clusters of pixels – things that don’t belong in the natural landscape.

“The anomalies are viewed by the team on the hill, so they can determine if any require further investigation.”

One of the two drone search teams reported a potential find in their area and the other team diverted their drone to the location of the anomaly and found the casualty

Lake District rescuers join search for missing Highlands walker – cumbriacrack.com

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Body of missing hiker was found using AI drone technology

The body of Charlie Kelly, 56, was discovered in the Scottish Highlands by a mountain rescue team used A.I. drone technology, after search teams had spent weeks looking for him.

www.dailymail.co.uk