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Police investigating the mysterious death of a teenager found on a country road in Stirlingshire have said he was killed by a vehicle.The body of Dean Geary, who was from Alexandria, was discovered on the A811 Gartocharn Road, near Drymen, on 7 February by a passing motorist.
The 19-year-old had been on a night out in Glasgow with friends in the hours before his death.
Police said his wallet and mobile phone were missing when his body was found.
The Central Scotland force said they had been unable to release the information about Dean Geary's wallet and phone earlier due to "operational reasons".
Taxi drivers
Det Ch Insp Willie Cravens said Mr Geary was known to have had a dark brown Armani wallet and Sony Ericsson W760 phone with him when he was in Glasgow.
He said: "We know that Dean was using his mobile phone after he was last seen in Glasgow city centre as he used it to speak to a friend around 3.30am saying he was in a taxi."
Mr Cravens said it was possible the phone could have fallen down the back of a car seat or the wallet lost prior to Dean Geary getting into a vehicle. He said the force was also trying to determine whether Mr Geary made it back to Alexandria on the night he died.
He said: "We are unable to confirm if Dean arrived home in Alexandria but if he did it would have been around 3.50am.
"A man fitting Dean's description was seen at various points on the A811 walking between Gartocharn and Drymen about 4.50am and 5.15am."
Central Scotland Police said the investigation was focusing on taxi drivers in Glasgow and surrounding areas to establish how Mr Geary may have come to be on the A811.
Det Ch Insp Cravens said: "We need to trace the person who gave Dean the lift and urge anyone with information to come forward."This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.