Overview
- Police Scotland recovered a body from the water near Stronsay on Wednesday morning after a 7:35 a.m. report, with RNLI and coastguard crews assisting.
- Officers say the body has not been identified and they will submit a report to the procurator fiscal, which is the standard step in Scottish unexplained-death cases.
- The family of Justin Evans, a 24-year-old monk missing from nearby Papa Stronsay since April 11, has been told about the discovery.
- Police described their inquiries as being at an early stage after weeks of searches on Papa Stronsay and Stronsay involving local teams and the Kirkwall lifeboat.
- Papa Stronsay is a tiny, privately owned island that houses the Golgotha Monastery and is mainly reached by the monastery’s boat, which shapes how searches and rescues are carried out.