Brother of Linwood man missing for 10 years: "I sometimes dream he's come home"

Stuart Dallas says he still finds himself looking online for his brother Edward Dallas, 47, who vanished in 2010 and hasn't been seen since.

The heartbroken brother of a Linwood man who vanished ten years ago says he sometimes dreams his sibling has returned home.

Stuart Dallas revealed how he has to remind himself that his older brother Edward, who disappeared in March 2010, has still not been traced despite his family searching for him for a decade.

He and his younger sister Tracey Dallas, who lives in Paisley, still hope their brother will get in contact with them.

Renfrew man Stuart, 42, says he still regularly searches Facebook to see if he can find any information about where his brother might be.

Stuart told the Express: “I find myself still looking for him online to see if there is any sign of him.

“We just try to keep hope that he is OK. We would just ask him to please get in touch with us if he is out there.

“I sometimes dream that he has come home and I have to remind myself that he isn’t there when I wake up.

“It’s a strange feeling.”

Edward, aged 38 at the time, left his mum and dad’s house in Bridge of Weir Road, Linwood, around 7am on March 2, 2010.

He lifted cash from Paisley High Street and then fell off the radar.

Despite numerous public appeals, false sightings and searches, Edward has still not been traced.

His mum Betty died after a number of years searching for her son with the help of her sister Grace Adams.

Edward’s dad Eddie lives in Renfrew.

His loved ones had hoped they would hear news from Edward, who would now be 48, through the years as he had a number of links to different places in the UK.

The Reid Kerr College student also had a strong interest in Buddhism, visiting retreats alone.

It is a line of enquiry that police and his family have examined closely, hoping that he may have settled under a new name at a religious site.

Edward was also thought to have been spotted on CCTV in Birmingham, but police were again unable to trace him.

Stuart added: “He took up Buddhism in his early 30s and we know he visited a Buddhist monastery in Lockerbie. We have contacted them numerous times over the years with no luck.

“There was also a grainy image from a shopping centre in Birmingham about two years after he left but that didn’t come to anything either.

“We just wish he would contact us. We just need to know what happened to him and whether he is alright.”

Police launched a fresh appeal for information on Edward on the 10th anniversary of his disappearance.

They hope that during the government-imposed lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis, people may have more time to remember anything that could lead police to tracing him.

Detective sergeant Euan McMillan, of Paisley CID, said: “We are really keen to generate some interest in this case as it has now been 10 years since Edward disappeared and the family are understandably keen to have some form of closure.

“Any information may provide the lead we need to help us with this enquiry, no matter how minor the information may seem.”

Anyone with information should contact police on 101.