Police Scotland have confirmed that the remains found in Arrochar earlier this month are those of missing student Yulia Solodyankina.
Following further forensic examination and DNA testing, we can confirm the identity as that of Russian student, Yulia Solodyankina who had been reported missing in June. There are no suspicious circumstances in connection with the death.
Yulia’s family has been informed and a report has been submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
The 22-year-old was last seen on CCTV at the concourse of Buchanan Street bus station in Glasgow around 4.55pm on Friday, 7 June 2013.
Officers believed that she boarded a bus following this sighting, with the most likely destinations being either Fort William or Inverness, where police had carried out local inquiries in order to trace her.
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