The final chapter in a notorious missing person case that baffled detectives for years will be played out in Perth next week.
A memorial service is to be held for Adam Alexander, who was killed and buried in an unmarked grave in the Carse of Gowrie by Thomas Pryde.
Pryde’s eventual admission of guilt brought to an end one of the most high-profile cases in recent times for Tayside Police.
It began as a simple missing person appeal in November 1999, but the hunt for Adam Alexander quickly stalled.
His body was eventually recovered 13 years later. Not knowing what had happened led to years of uncertainty for the 46-year-old’s mother, Tricia Bremner of Perth.
Now she has decided the time is right to hold a memorial service for her son in St John’s Kirk on Wednesday August 7 at 11am which she is hoping all his friends will attend.
“This is to allow Adam to be recognised as a person who lived his life as a free spirit,” said Mrs Bremner.
A lorry driver, Mr Alexander was first reported missing from his Errol home by a friend who alerted the police after finding his house empty.
Pryde was eventually jailed for 10 years at the High Court in Edinburgh in 2010 for culpable homicide, after he admitted attacking Mr Alexander and then burying his body.