THE sister of a missing woman has urged her to get in touch and let her family know she is safe.
Fiona Kilcoyne issued a plea for her sister Janet McQueen to come home after she left her home in Govanhill on the night of October 18.
Ms Kilcoyne told a news conference at a police station: “We are worried sick not knowing where she is at this time. All we want to know is if she is safe and well. We love and miss you so very much.”
The mother-of-three was last seen by her neighbour leaving her home and there have been no confirmed sightings of the 58-year-old since.
Ms McQueen had been on a bus in Baillieston earlier on the day she disappeared.
Police said she seemed somewhat distressed and as a result they were called to take her home to her family. She left her home later that evening telling the neighbour she was going to see a family member.
The trail ran cold at that point.
She left behind her mini Yorkshire terrier Palsy, her mobile phone and purse.
Ms Kilcoyne said: “The family are really worried now about my sister Janet. We speak to her regularly on the phone and for her to disappear for this length of time is really concerning.”
Lines of inquiry have included checking out places Ms McQueen regularly visited. The family said she visited a pub in Shawlands for a cup of coffee and cake.
Chief Inspector Graham McInarlin said: “On October 25, police conducted a stop-and-interview operation in Govanhill stretching out to Shawlands. Some 147 people were spoken to officers and we are currently sifting through any information we have got from that. There is nothing at this time to indicate suspicious circumstances or foul play, I need to establish that she is safe and well and that she has not come to any harm.”
Ann Jennens, manager of the Sir John Stirling Maxwell Pub in Shawlands, told the BBC: “She was very quiet, she had a good group of friends she would sit with.”
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