Emotional tributes have been paid to two young Dundee men who took their own lives at the weekend the second such tragedy to hit the city this month.
The bodies of Steven Loftus (23) and 22-year-old Scott Nichol were discovered just hours apart at two separate places to the north of the city.
Their deaths come just days after Lochee teenagers Anthony Riddell (17) and Ragan Thomson (18) took their own lives at the same park just 48 hours apart.
The police have ruled out links between the deaths and issued a plea to anyone having suicidal thoughts to seek out help.
Tragic Steven’s body was found by his cousin Martin Mullen in Finlathen Park, Fintry, at around 11.30am on Saturday.
The music fan had been missing from his home in the neighbouring Mill O’Mains estate since Tuesday and friends and family had been searching for him locally and at T in the Park.
At around 3pm that afternoon, a member of the public found Scott’s body on wasteland next to the former Baldovan House mansion on the outskirts of Dundee.
Steven was born and raised in the Mill O’Mains area and went to the local primary before attending Braeview Academy.
After school, he had worked with McTavish Ramsay and Tayside Contracts and Malcolm Construction in Dundee and had latterly been employed by the Skene group.
Two years ago, he suffered an accident at work in which he cut his face with a power saw an injury that required 66 stitches and saw him diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
At the family home in Hebrides Drive, his mother Yvonne Mullen said Steven was her easygoing “golden boy.”
She said his persona had changed somewhat since the accident but her son remained as popular as ever.
She said, “I was awfully proud of him. He was my golden boy when he phoned me it came up as ‘my golden boy one.’
“He wasn’t himself since the accident his personality changed a bit. He went into a wee bit of blackness.
“Everybody was out looking for him. It was all over the internet and people were looking for him at T in the Park.Popular”A lot of people have come home from T in the Park (since hearing of his death). It is a tribute to him that is how popular he was.”
Steven is survived by his mother and father also Steven Loftus his older sister Melanie (28), and brothers Lee (17) and Brad (13).
Scott’s mother laid flowers at the spot where he died and said she was struggling to come to terms with what had happened.
Alexina Findlay said her son known as Scoot to his friends embraced life.
He had apparently gone to Baldovan House in order to pay a birthday tribute to a friend who had died at the same spot in 2008.
Scott was a pupil at Sidlaw View and Rockwell primary schools and also attended Harris Academy in Dundee and Forfar Academy. He had enrolled on a gardening course at Arbroath College and was involved with the Princes Trust.
His mum said he had been diagnosed with the hyperactivity disorder ADHD and had a history of difficult behaviour but had been turning his life around.
She said her son was a “good guy” and his loss had left a huge void in her life.
She said, “He loved partying he was a party animal. He loved his hardcore music and he loved to be the life and soul of the party.
“We had our ups and downs but he was still a good guy. He was getting back on track. He was my son and I loved him more than he’ll ever know.”
As well as his mother, Scott is survived by his father Malcolm Nichol, sister Allana Findlay and his gran Ann Nichol.