A body has been recovered in the search for a missing 35-year-old Fife man, cops have said.
Police say the family of missing man Keith MacGregor had been informed after a body was discovered in woodland near Thornton.
Police Scotland officers in Fife had been searching the nearby area after he went missing from Kirkcaldy at around 3:30pm on Thursday (16 July).
MacGregor, from Rosyth, was last seen in Overton Mains in Kirkcaldy wearing an orange Rangers FC top, a rain jacket, denim jeans, Adidas trainers and was carrying a black Puma rucksack.
A police statement posted on Facebook read: "Police Scotland can confirm that the body of a man was found today at woodland near Thornton.
"The family of missing person Keith MacGregor have been informed.
"There are no suspicious circumstances."
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Many locals took to the post to express sadness at the news.
One woman wrote: "My deepest condolences to his whole family, and I knew him very well, he was a lovely lad."
Another added: "So sorry to hear this he was a lovely young man our thoughts go to all his family."
