Body found in car in search for man missing overnight

Formal identification is yet to take place but the 47-year-old's family have been made aware.

Body found in car in Edinburgh in search for missing man from East CalderPolice Scotland

A body has been found in a car in Edinburgh in search of a missing man from East Calder.

Officers said around 7.15am on Thursday the body of a man was found within a car on Lasswade Bank in the city, believed to be William Johnstone.

Formal identification is yet to take place but the 47-year-old’s family have been made aware.

The death is not being treated as suspicious, say police.

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