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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Craig Meighan

Human remains found on US mountainside confirmed as missing Scottish man

The human remains were identified as Scotsman John Gillies - (Sublette County Sheriff/PA)

Human remains discovered on a US mountainside nearly a year ago have been formally identified as a missing Scottish man.

The bones, belonging to John Gillies from Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, were located by forest workers near Sweetwater Gap, Wyoming, last year.

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