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Body Recovered in Search for Missing Isle of Lewis Teacher

The discovery advances the missing-person inquiry, prompting formal identification and a report to the Procurator Fiscal.

Overview

  • Police Scotland recovered the body of a man from the water in the Lochs area of the Isle of Lewis just before 1pm on Thursday, June 18, during the search for the missing teacher.
  • The family of missing 53-year-old music teacher Andrew Yearley has been informed, but formal identification has not yet taken place.
  • Police say the death is being treated as unexplained and is not believed to be suspicious, and they will submit a report to the Procurator Fiscal.
  • Yearley taught at the Nicolson Institute and appeared in court in January charged with possessing indecent images; he entered no plea and was released on bail.
  • Reporting remains developing and officials have not linked the earlier court allegations or an alleged hidden camera at the school to the cause of death.