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Body found in search for missing 83-year-old from Linlithgow

A body has been found in a canal in Linlithgow, in the search for a missing pensioner.

Police recovered the body in the Union Canal at around 9pm last night.

The family of 83-year-old Jack Brown have been made aware.

In a statement, Police Scotland said:

"Around 9pm on Thursday, 20 January, 2022 the body of a man was found within the Union Canal near Linlithgow. 

Formal identification is still to take place however the family of 83-year-old Jack Brown have been made aware. He was reported missing earlier in the day.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal."

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