Body of missing Aviemore pensioner James Brannan is understood to have been found
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The Strathy understands that the body of missing Aviemore pensioner James Brannan has been found not far from where he was last spotted at the Spey Valley golf course clubhouse in Aviemore.
The popular 72-year-old was last seen late on the afternoon of Saturday, February 5 near the clubhouse at Dalfaber at the north end of the village.
Police have yet to confirm that Mr Brannan's body has been recovered but it is understood that he was found on the golf course earlier this afternoon.
The Strathy has contacted Police Scotland.
Visitors to the golf course were being turned back by the third hole late afternoon by police officers, and two ambulances were also reported to be at the scene.
Mr Brannan had been watching the Six Nations rugby at the golf clubhouse although he was a regular at the nearby bar at the Dalfaber Golf and Country Club.
Police released CCTV images of Mr Brannan, who lived on Corrour Road, as the full-scale search continued.
Extensive police inquiries from door to door in Dalfaber were conducted in the aftermath of his disappearance.
The search operations also involved helicopter and river patrols by the golf course.
His nephew Andy Calder, in Glasgow – Mr Brannan came from Baillieston – had also issued an appeal on his whereabouts.
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