A statement from the Police Scotland confirmed: “Around 2.30pm on Wednesday, 31 March, the body of a woman was recovered from the shoreline near Balmae, near Kirkcudbright
Joyce Kirkland was last seen around 10pm on Friday, March 12, within a house on Buchanan Street, Kirkcudbright.
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