The family of missing Newport woman Susan Reid have accepted that the human remains discovered in Tentsmuir Forest on Tuesday are hers.
The family are still waiting for formal identification. Police confirmed that the post-mortem is likely to take place today or Monday and formal identification will follow.
However, Susan’s sister Lesley Coull, who lives in Aberdeen, said on Facebook: “Most people will know by now that a body believed to be that of my sister Susan Reid was found in the Tentsmuir area not far from Susan’s home. Just waiting for official identification but we do know this is our darling Susan.”
On behalf of the family she thanked her Facebook friends for their “shares, likes and love” during the two-month search for her sister.
She added: “Susan, I will simply miss you with all my heart.”
The human remains were found by a walker at a remote spot just yards from a popular coastal path in Tentsmuir Forest on Tuesday. The discovery was made between the ice house, south of Tentsmuir Point, and a bothy.
Susan has been missing from her home on Kerr Street, Newport, since January.
It is understood Susan had been looking after her husband, who suffers from MS.
The final posting on her own Facebook site in December was of a sunset at Tentsmuir Forest.