Body found in search for American tourist who disappeared while walking in Scottish Highlands

Published: 11:46, 25 May 2026 | Updated: 11:58, 25 May 2026 A body has been found in the search for an American tourist who disappeared while walking in the Scottish Highlands. Police trawled the Glencoe area this weekend in the hunt for Timothy Rosser, 60, after he was reported missing earlier in the week. A body was eventually found at around 6.50pm on Sunday, although formal identification has yet to take place. Police Scotland said: 'Formal identification has yet to take place however, the family of Timothy Rosser, 60, who had been reported missing from the area, has been informed. 'The death is not believed to be suspicious, and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.' Mr Rosser was last seen leaving his hotel in Edinburgh in a black MG hire car which was later spotted in Glencoe last Tuesday. The Glencoe valley is a particularly steep-sided stretch of the Highlands, popular among mountaineers aiming to scale the likes of Buachaille Etive Mor and Bidean nam Bian. The news comes a day after another walker's body was found in the Highlands. A body has been found in the search for American tourist Timothy Rosser, pictured, who disappeared while walking in the Glencoe valley in the Scottish Highlands The Glencoe valley is a particularly steep-sided stretch of the Highlands, popular among mountaineers aiming to scale the likes of Buachaille Etive Mor and Bidean nam Bian The news comes a day after the body of Adam Chalmers, pictured, was found in the Highlands Police said the family of Adam Chalmers, 36, who had been reported missing while in the Ben Lawers mountain range, have been informed. 'Adam's family wishes to thank Police Scotland, Tayside Mountain Rescue, RAF Mountain Rescue and all the agencies involved in the searches,' the force said. 'There are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.' He had been planning to climb three Munros - mountains over 3000 feet - Meall Greigh, Meall Garbh and An Stuc - and began his walk at 9.15am on Saturday. The last contact from him was around 12.40pm when he messaged to say he had completed two Munros and had one to go. No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.