{"id":486784,"date":"2026-03-21T01:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T01:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486784\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T01:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T01:08:10","slug":"body-discovered-in-wooded-area-amid-search-for-man-missing-for-a-fortnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486784\/","title":{"rendered":"Body discovered in wooded area amid search for man missing for a fortnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A body has been found in a wooded area in Glasgow amid the search for a man who disappeared more than a fortnight ago. <\/p>\n<p>Robert Anderson was reported missing on Wednesday, March 4, having last being seen two days prior on King Street in the city.<\/p>\n<p>An appeal was launched to trace the 60-year-old, who walks with a distinct limp.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, officers were notified of the discovery of a body near Ardencraig Road around 3.45pm.<\/p>\n<p>Formal identification is yet to take place, however, Mr Anderson\u2019s family has been informed.<\/p>\n<p>The death is being treated as unexplained, however there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A body has been found in a wooded area in Glasgow amid the search for a man who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-486784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}