06/08/2007

Police Investigate Forth Body Discovery

Fife Police are investigating the discovery of a dead body which was found floating in the Firth of Forth on Sunday.

The Coastguard was alerted to an area of water off Hawkscraig Point, near Burntisland, by the skipper of a local yacht who discovered the body floating in the water.

The crew of the Kinghorn Lifeboat recovered the body.

Local and national missing persons registers are being checked by police in an attempt to identify the body.

A post-mortem examination is due to take place on Monday.

(KMcA)




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