Tragically people in Edinburgh and across Scotland go missing each day. The vast majority are happily found safe, but many never get that chance.
For police, the discovery of a body can be the start of a riddle. There is no guarantee someone will be identified quickly and that is certainly true of the 22 cases in Scotland stretching back decades that remain unsolved, reports the Scottish Daily Express.
The UK Missing Persons Unit contains details of hundreds of instances across Britain of bodies being found but no identification being made.
