A body has been found today in search for missing teenager Cole Cooper .

Formal identification has yet to take place however, police have informed Cole's family after a man's body was found in wooded area near Kilsyth Road in Banknock at around 4.15pm this afternoon, June 6.

The 19-year-old was reported missing last month on May 9 and was last spotted in the Longcraft area near Falkirk.

The heartbreaking discovery was made just a 15 minute walk away from the last confirmed sighting of the teenager. Police Scotland say enquiries are continuing to establish the full circumstances.

A statement from Police Scotland reads: "Around 4.15pm on Friday, 6 June, 2025, the body of a man was discovered in a wooded area near Kilsyth Road in Banknock.

"Formal identification has yet to take place

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