Allan Bryant

Status:

Open

Missing From:

Glenrothes, Fife

Summary:

Allan Bryant was 23 when he went missing just a mile from his home in Ednam Drive. He was last pictured on CCTV at Styx nightclub on Caskieberran Road, Glenrothes, around 2am on Sunday, 3 November, 2013. Despite extensive searches and public appeals by Allan's family and police, he has not been seen or heard from since.

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Circumstances of Disappearance:

The previous night (Saturday, 2 November, 2013) Allan had walked with friends to an engagement party at Leslie Golf Club from his home in Ednam Drive. He arrived at the golf club around 9pm and left about midnight when he travelled by minibus to Styx nightclub. Allan and the group arrived at Styx shortly after and he left the club, which is approximately a one mile walk away from his home, at 2.02am. He briefly spoke to a door steward shortly after 2.02am before walking up a set of stairs and heading in the direction of his home, unsteady on his feet. To head in the direction of the family home, approximately one mile away, he would have had to cross South Parks Road and pass the Shell garage on Roxburgh Road. But these movements are not picked up any CCTV in the area. When he failed to arrive, his family reported him missing the following day. Allan's family knew on Monday the 5th November, 2013, when they made that call to the police something was very wrong. It was so out of character for Allan not to be in touch with them.

Additional Details:

An extensive police helicopter and ground search failed to find any trace of him. Police divers were brought in to trawl ponds and the river, while Allan's family and friends distributed 50,000 missing posters across towns and communities in Fife. On the eve of Allan's 24th birthday, a media briefing was held at Glenrothes Police Station where his mum, Marie Degan, made it clear she now feared the worst. Local residents had already raised £1,000 for a reward to boost the search for Allan and this was matched by £1,000 from Kingdom Credit Union. Central to the efforts to find Allan was a Facebook page established by the Bryant family, which attracted more than 72,000 followers from around the world. In the first weeks of the investigation, officers attempted to collect CCTV from a boxing gym behind Styx twice but failed. Allan's family, over the past 10 years, have made 12 complaints to the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC), of which four were upheld. In April of 2024 a Police Scotland operation began searching a Fife beauty spot, known as Auchtermuchty Common, in a bid to find missing Allan Bryant Junior. The spot was just 10 miles from where 23 year old Allan was last seen over a decade ago, leaving Styx nightclub in Glenrothes at around 2am on the 3rd of November 2013. From 2.15am onwards there are a number of conflicting reports that Allan attended a party shortly after leaving the nightclub and that Allan had been in a fight shortly after the nightclub had closed. Police enquires could not establish these claims as facts. Over the years, police have followed up every angle, and say it remains as a missing person case with no evidence of criminality. Despite exhaustive inquiries and many appeals, he remains at the centre of the largest missing person appeal ever mounted in Fife.

Case Last Updated:

Nov 14, 2026