Tributes are pouring in for a 'lovely' man reported missing from Lanarkshire after police confirmed a body had been found in their search.
Glasgow Live reported that James McDonald was last seen in the Netherton area of Wishaw at around 1.45pm on Thursday afternoon. The 40-year-old, affectionately known as 'Jamesy', was reported missing on Friday sparking a police investigation.
On Saturday morning officers searching for James revealed that a body had been discovered at around 5.20pm on Friday. The tragic discovery was made in the town's Grampian Road, just over a mile from Netherton.
While formal identification is yet to take place, James' family have been informed. The update sparked an outpouring of tributes on social media.
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Bereft loved ones hailed James as 'one of the nicest people you would ever meet' who would be 'sorely missed'.
One wrote: "Fly high, Big Guy. You will be sorely missed, Jamesy."
Another commented: "Honestly tragic, one of the nicest people you would ever meet."
A third posted: "So sad, a lovely laddie thinking of his sister and family."
Lanarkshire Police Division released a statement on Saturday morning.
It read: "At around 5.20pm on Friday, July 8 the body of a man was discovered in Grampian Road, Wishaw. Formal identification has yet to take place but the family of James McDonald, 40, who has been missing since Thursday, July 7 has been made aware.
"The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course."
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