Iwanttofindmymissing brother... to say goodbye
THE brother of a man who has been missing for two years wants to find him so the family can given him a proper burial.
Stuart Clark was last seen on January 17, 2016 and despite an extensive police investigation, there has been no sign of the Dalmuir man.
His twin brother Iain is now preparing to sell his flat to bring an end to the holding pattern for the family.
Iain said he has still kept Stuart’s most precious belongings – including his teddy bear – in case he did ever return. But after two years without his medication, his bank account untouched, Iain knows that’s not going to happen.
He told the Evening Times sister title, the Clydebank Post: “I want to find him and give him a proper burial but for closure. We have kept his clothes and his really precious belongings. “The closure is very close. “His flat has been cleared. I think the selling of the flat will be the hard thing – it will stop some hassles, but from an emotional perspective, that will be a big step to get closure.
“Of course, we still don’t know. I have Stuart’s photograph on the side of the fridge and everyday I look at it.
“But even in my heart, never mind my head, I know he is not coming back.”
Iain spoke to Stuart 10 minutes before he went missing two years ago.
He was about to have lunch with a friend, who still struggles with his disappearance.
Stuart, who was 59 when he vanished, moved to London in his 20s and, through a partner, joined an interior design firm.
He had no training, but he picked up the trade and went to work in North America, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and elsewhere, even designing for a luxury yacht in Monte Carlo.
But Stuart also lost two partners to illness, having nursed them both, and took the death of his mother very hard. He had returned to Scotland, was a carer to his mother before she was hospitalised, and worked for the charity Alzheimer Scotland.
But Stuart himself went into hospital and missed her funeral, and then went i nto a deep depression.
The case remains active for police, but despite extensive work, the last sighting of Stuart was of him entering the common close in Burns Street around 12.30pm that Sunday afternoon.
Iain and Stuart would have celebrated their 60th birthday together in August 2016 as they always did. But like that date, Iain said he was trying not to focus on the anniversary of the disappearance.
He added: “I still get people asking about Stuart and the community has been very supportive.
“I’m just trying to convince myself it’s just a date.”
Previously, Police Scotland issued CCTV of Stuart on the train between Cardross and Dalmuir on Sunday, January 17 at around 11.45am.
The force also said the missing man may have been in Macs bar at the corner of Swindon Street and Dumbarton Road, the following day between 11am and 2pm.
Stuart is described as white, around 6ft 2 in tall, medium build, red hair and beard, Stuart also wears glasses and has a distinctive stilted walk.
He is believed to be wearing a dark-coloured waterproof jacket and was carrying a black/grey rucksack.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101.