THE family of a woman who has been missing for two months issued an emotional appeal – as police said they cannot rule out a “sinister” explanation for her disappearance.
Julie Reilly, 47, was last seen on CCTV at a Glasgow supermarket on February 6 and was reported missing on February 15. Yesterday, her mother, Margaret Hanlon, 69, begged her daughter or anyone with information to get in touch.
Accompanied by Reilly’s sister Lynne Bryce, 36, she said: “Please, please if you are out there somewhere Julie, please let us know you’re OK. We are all so sick with worry for your safety.
“If anyone, anywhere knows of Julie’s whereabouts please don’t let us go on like this. Julie is a daughter, a mother, a sister, an auntie, and a grandmother to a beautiful grandson who turned one in February. We all need her home.”
Police said they have “no direct evidence” pointing to a sinister outcome but cannot exclude this.
Forensic searches of Reilly’s home near Shieldhall Road in Govan are ongoing but detectives stressed her disappearance is still a missing persons inquiry.
Detective Chief Inspector Mark Bell of Police Scotland’s major investigations team said: “Julie has never gone missing before and I don’t see an obvious trigger as to why she would now. I cannot exclude that something sinister has happened to her but it is my sincere hope that I find her alive and well.”
Anyone with information is asked to call 101.
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