Found Deceased UK - Alan Taylor, 57, car found in Glencoe lay-by, Dundee, 8 Sep 2021

[MsMiniSleuth]

September 23

Alan Taylor was reported missing from South Tay Street on Tuesday.

The 57-year-old is believed to have been driving his grey Fiat Punto, registration number TN07 OWK.

The vehicle was discovered in the Glencoe area on Thursday.

Alan is described as being around 5ft 7in tall and slim, with short greying hair and glasses.

A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “Officers are appealing for anyone with information on his whereabouts to come forward urgently.

“They are also keen to hear from anyone who believes they have seen him or his Fiat Punto in any of the following areas: Glencoe, the West Highland Way, the Lost Valley or Aonach Eagach.

“If you have any information, please call police on 101, quoting incident 1374 of September 21.”

Alan Taylor: Search for missing Dundee man after car found in Glencoe

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

September 25

Alan Taylor was last seen Wednesday September 8 in South Tay Street in Dundee.

He was reported missing on Tuesday September 21.

The 57-year-old’s car was found in the Glencoe area, police have now specified that it was in The Three Sisters layby.

It is a grey Fiat Punto with the registration plate TN07 OWK.

The car has been in the layby since September 9.

Mr Taylor is described as being around 5ft 7ins and of slim build.

He has short greying hair and wears glasses.

It has also been newly revealed that police believe Mr Taylor may be dressed in full camouflage clothing.

Police are appealing for anyone who saw Mr Taylor at The Three Sisters or the surrounding areas to come forward.

Police release new information on missing man believed to have travelled to Glencoe

 

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Highland & Islands Police Division

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

The devastated brother of missing Scot Alan Taylor has said the chance of finding him alive are 'very slim'.

Alan, from Dundee, was last seen on September 8, and is believed to have been at The Three Sisters in Glencoe around 6am on Thursday September 9.

The 57-year-old was reported missing when he failed to return to work on Tuesday September 21 as his worried siblings realised something was wrong.

His car, a grey Fiat Punto - registration TN07 OWK - was found abandoned at The Three Sisters carpark and it is believed to have ben there since September 9.

Brother Derek, 52, and sister Angela, 51, said their brother was notoriously bad for texting back and enjoyed his own company planning walking routes.

But two weeks later they realised something was terribly wrong when Alan did not return to work and the food in his house had went out of date.

Derek told the Record: "He is quite happy in his own company planning his next walk and researching.

"He doesn't tell people when he is going away. He loves walking and has done all the munros twice.

Derek and his wife Helen

"He was supposed to be back at work on the 10th of September but had a week off after that so we thought he had maybe got his dates mixed up and gone to do the West Highland Way.

"Then when he never turned up to work on the Tuesday - that's when we really started to worry more.

"We panicked. Up until then it was not too unusual."

Derek says Alan's disappearance is out of character and the family believe he may have slipped in the dark while out climbing.

The family now fear the worst but hope that someone will be able to help them locate Alan.

He continued: "We think he has maybe slipped in the dark and fell but a million other things are going through my mind. You've just got to wait.

"The chances of him being alive are, I think, very slim but it is the not knowing.

"He had food dated in the fridge for the 15th of September and he doesn't chuck food out. He had definitely planned to be back."

Brother of missing Alan Taylor's anguish as chances of finding him alive as slim

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

On Wednesday 31 August, 2022, police received a report the body of a man had been discovered in a gully near Aonach Eagach Ridge, Glencoe.

A formal identification has still to take place, however, police believe it to be 57-year-old Alan Taylor, who has been missing from Dundee since September 2021.

Officers are liaising with the family. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal."

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[YaYa_521]

Rest in peace, Alan.

 

[rhino]

So sad, and that it has taken so long for him to be discovered. I did Aonach Eagach last month as an offshoot day from doing the WHW, it’s such a beautiful area.

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

This man featured tonight's episode of Highland Cops on BBC2. Sadly, we know the outcome here.