After a ten-day search for Tom Allan, who was reported missing during Storm Boelo, Police Scotland have confirmed a body has been found in the Canderside Toll area
A body has been discovered during the search for a dad who went missing amid Storm Boelo.
Tom Allan, 63, was reported missing from Westmains Farm in Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire, on Friday, October 23. His family last saw him at approximately 8.15am that day.
The wide-ranging search has included specialist teams such as the police helicopter, dive and marine unit, police dogs, and mountain rescue squads. Tom’s relatives, including his daughter and niece, also issued emotional pleas in a bid to locate him.
Police Scotland have now confirmed that a man’s body was discovered in the Canderside Toll area of Stonehouse on Monday afternoon, reports the Daily Record.
Formal identification has yet to occur but Tom’s family have been notified of the find.
Storm Boelo battered Scotland with torrential rain and 80mph gales last weekend, causing significant damage across numerous communities. Comprehensive searches were conducted for Tom throughout the Stonehouse area, with farmland and the surrounding region examined during the storm.
Officers had originally urged residents to check sheds and outbuildings. Seven days following his disappearance, a fresh appeal was launched by police while Tom’s family also released their own pleas.
A Police Scotland spokesperson stated: “Around 1.15pm on Monday, 2 November, 2026, we received a report of the body of a man having been found in the Canderside Toll area of Stonehouse, Larkhall.
“Formal identification has yet to take place, however the family of Tom Allan, aged 63, who was reported missing from the area, have been informed. “The death is not believed to be suspicious, and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course. “”.
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