Loch Einich
Police have found a man’s body which may have been lying in a tent in the Cairngorms for a number of weeks. A local gamekeeper had spotted the tent at the south end of Loch Einich below Sgor Gaoith about a month ago. On Tuesday 9 September, Aviemore police received a further report saying the tent was still in the same location.
Members of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team, together with Police officers searched the tent and found the body. A police statement said: “The remains will be taken to Inverness for post mortem and enquiries will be ongoing to trace next of kin and to identify the male.”
Aviemore Police are now appealing to anyone who was in this area during July and August and who might have seen the tent to get in contact.
The Police also want to know if anyone spoke to the man said to be in his 50′s when he was staying at Coluymbridge campsite or walking along the Speyside Way during June.
A description has been issued of the man, whose identity has not yet been released. He is described as 5ft 10in tall, of slim build, and was wearing combat style trousers and a black North Face jacket and was using a green Vaude tent.
Anyone with information should contact Aviemore police on 01479 810222.
Police have now identified the man as Douglas Murray King aged 51 from Gateshead. His family said he had a deep love of the mountains and was an accomplished writer and photographer.