An Angus mum has spoken of her living nightmare at still not knowing what has happened to her missing son.
Sandra Ramsay (56), from Arbroath, said she was still looking for answers exactly three weeks after Ross (30) disappeared in Glasgow city centre.
Ross, who is originally from the town, was last seen at the Gala Casino on Sauchiehall Street at about midnight on February 14.
Mrs Ramsay said: “It’s just been terrible. It’s every mother’s nightmare.
“I keep my phone by my side day and night but it’s the not knowing that tears you apart. I know he is 30 but he’s still my bairn.”
The family endured further agony this week when a body was pulled from the River Clyde on Monday. Mrs Ramsay said she had mixed emotions when it was not Ross because unfortunately it was someone’s else’s child.
She is still clinging to the hope that Ross is still out there although she admits he might be in a bad way. Ross was taking daily medication to manage anxiety and depression but did not have it with him at the time of his disappearance.
Mrs Ramsay, who works for Angus Council, said the support from family, friends and work colleagues has kept her going.
She said: “The people in Arbroath have been absolutely fantastic.
“They have been so supportive since Ross went missing and the cards, messages and flowers have been a great comfort.
“The whole family are so grateful to our friends and family and without them I honestly don’t know how we’d have managed to get this far.”
Mrs Ramsay said the most frustrating thing is that police are still no further forward than they were when Ross disappeared.
She said: “I honestly don’t know what’s happened. We just can’t think.”
Ross had been due to start a new job at the National Theatre of Scotland in the city the following Monday.
Sandra said: “It was a fantastic job but I just wonder if Ross felt he wasn’t good enough for it.
“He had very low self-esteem and low confidence. What was wrong with Ross could have been fixed but he didn’t feel anybody understood what he was going through.”
Mrs Ramsay and Ross’s dad, Jim, are divorced but they remain on great terms and have been supporting each other.