The mum of a man who went missing on Hogmanay 30 years ago has made a heartbreaking plea to help find him and end her agony.
Joiner Kevin McGuire left his remote Perthshire cottage on December 31, 1994, and drove off following an argument with wife Lisa.
With no trace of the 26-year-old or his car, it remains one of Scotland’s most baffling and longest-running missing person’s cases.
Kevin’s mother Annette McGuire, 79, yesterday appealed for anyone with information on her son to come forward.
The retired shop manager is desperate to get some closure for herself, Kevin’s brother, Paul, 50, and sister Sharon, 51.
She told the Sunday Mail that not knowing what happened to her son, who would now be 56, lives with her every day.
Annette said: “It is a thing that never leaves you. It sits in the back of your mind and never budges.
“At least when a person dies you can grieve and you go through the grieving process and gradually get over it over the years. But you learn to cope.
“I know there are hundreds like me in the same boat and they will be going through the same thing every day.”
Kevin, from Glasgow’s Ballieston, had no money worries or mental health issues and had married Lisa five months earlier in the Seychelles.
They had argued over where to spend their first New Year together with Kevin storming off from their cottage in Stronachlachar, near Callander.
She said: “I don’t honestly think at the beginning that (police) took it seriously. They saw it as a New Year tiff after a few drinks.”
Eight years ago Police Scotland, who said the case remains live, took DNA samples from Sharon and Annette to put on a national missing persons database. They also carried out further loch searches using the latest sonar technology.
Annette says she had as strong bond with her son and would have sensed if something was up. She dismissed suggestions Kevin wanted to disappear or make a new life.
Lisa, 24, reported Kevin missing on New Years Day and parts of nearby Loch Katrine, Loch Ard and Loch Lomond were searched in vain.
There was also no sign of his green Saab car which had a distinctive F22 RAC plate.
Kevin didn’t take his passport with him and his bank accounts haven’t been touched since he went missing. He also left his joinery tools and clothes behind.
In November 2002 Lisa, took out an action at Dumbarton Sheriff Court to have Kevin declared legally dead.
Annette added: “I still want answers and to finally lay my son to rest. Even though we are 30 years down there could still be somebody out there with information about what happened to Kevin that night.”
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