TRAGIC schoolgirl Amber Gibson’s family paid tribute to the teen on what would have been her 17th birthday.

       Loved ones shared their heartbreak as they faced the milestone without the alleged murder victim.

       2

       Amber Gibson's heartbroken family have paid tribute to the teen 2

       Today would have been her 17th birthday

       Relatives and friends wished Amber a “happy heavenly birthday” earlier today.

       Carol Niven shared a photo of the teenager and wrote: “Aw hen, canny believe your 17th birthday in heaven. Dance wae yer nana.”

       Another relative said: “Happy heavenly 17th birthday gorgeous girl, love you.”

       And a pal wrote: “Happy birthday angel.”

       Amber’s body was discovered in Cazdow Glen, Hamilton, on November 28.

       We previously told how friends and fellow pupils released balloons in her memory during a vigil in the town’s Chatelherault Country Park.

       Most read in The Sun

       KY DO Kyle Walker secretly weds childhood sweetheart despite cheating & fathering lovechild

       GOODBYE GARY ITV News reporter Gary Burgess dead at 46 after long battle with cancer

       crickets ora Cringe moment Rita Ora’s Masked Singer guess is met with awkward silence

       'SWEET DREAMS' Dad's tribute to son, 5, found dead after mum 'ran into street shouting'

       Pals and locals also placed flowers and notes at a makeshift shrine.

       Amber’s brother Connor Gibson, 19, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court last month charged with sexual assault and murder.

       He was also accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

       Gibson, also of Hamilton, made no plea when he appeared via videolink and was remanded in custody.

       The charges followed a major police investigation into Amber’s disappearance and death.

       Amber Gibson’s brother charged with murdering teen and sex attack

       She went missing on Friday, November 26, after leaving her home in the town’s Hillhouse area.

       The last confirmed sighting of the teenager was in Cazdow Street, close to a bridge, just before 10pm that same night.

       She never returned home and the alarm was raised early the following day.

       Her body was discovered shortly after 10am on Sunday, November 28, around 200 yards from where she was last seen.

       rebecca.gray@the-sun.co.uk

       Betty White mourned by Jennifer Love Hewitt as Hollywood pays tribute after her death at 99

       We pay for your stories and videos! Do you have a story or video for The Scottish Sun? Email us at scoop@thesun.co.uk or call 0141 420 5300