Glen Coe deaths: Two bodies found in search for missing dad & son, 12, who vanished on hike

TWO bodies have been found after a dad and son failed to return home from a hill walk near Glen Coe.

A frantic search was launched after Tom Parry, 49 and his 12-year-old son Richie went missing after visiting Glen Nevis and Glen Coe.

The pair did not return to their home in Cheshire yesterday as planned.

And their car was found in the Three Sisters car park in Glen Coe where they stopped on Tuesday, 28 May to go hillwalking.

This sparked an urgent hunt for the father and son duo.

Sadly, two bodies were been found during the frantic search last night.

They are yet to be identified but Tom and Richie's family have been made aware.

Police confirmed that enquiries are ongoing but there are no apparent suspicious circumstances.

A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course.

Inspector Craig Johnstone said: "Our thoughts are with all those involved.

"I would like to thank all emergency services and Mountain Rescue volunteers."

There have been multiple hiking tragedies in the Glen Coe area over the past year.

Last month, a pensioner plunged to his death while walking up Beinn a' Chrulaiste, a mountain to the northeast of Glen Coe.

Freddie Rae, 74, called his family moments before his tragic death.

In October, a man's body was found after he went missing in Glencoe for seven weeks.

Police confirmed that Charles Kelly, also known as Charlie, was found dead after hiking in the Glen Etive area.

Three people who were roped together died in a horror hiking tragedy last August.

The trio - an experienced instructor helping two others - perished in the fall at the notorious Aonach Eagach mountain ridge.

Experienced hiker Dave Fowler, 39, was named locally as one of those who died in the fall, along with two of his clients - Graham Cox, 60, from Southport, Merseyside - and a 64-year-old woman.

It is thought the group were roped up as they scrambled across the rocky six-mile stretch, which includes two Munro summits - and has claimed the lives of at least four others since 2014.