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Police to stage reconstruction in search for Mary McLaren

Actor to retrace last known movements of missing Dundee mother

10 March 2010 07:23 GMT

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Police to stage reconstruction in search for Mary McLaren

Mary McLaren: CCTV images of her last known movements

The search for a missing mother is being stepped up with detectives staging a reconstruction of her last known movements.

Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the safety of Mary McLaren, 34, who was last seen early on Thursday February 25 after a visit to Fat Sams nightclub in Dundee with her sister.

The mother-of-three was last seen in Marketgait near to its junction with King Street at around 3am with a man she met at the club.

On Wednesday evening, three police officers will dress in clothes similar to those worn by Mary, her sister and the man, who police have now traced and spoken to.

The re-enactment, which will be filmed, will show the two women leaving the Gauger Bar in Dundee's Seagate and making their way to the club in South Ward Road.

It will then focus on Ms McLaren's movements after she left the club and was seen walking in North Lindsay Street, Bell Street, Irvine Square, into Wishart Place and East Marketgait, near to the junction with King Street.

IN DETAIL

Detective Chief Inspector Shaun McKillop, of Tayside Police, said: "We will be filming in various areas across the city centre in order to produce a visual account of Mary's movements on the night of Wednesday February 24 and into the early hours of Thursday February 25.

"Not only will this provide us with an essential briefing tool for officers working on the inquiry, more importantly we hope that by showing the reconstruction publicly it will trigger something in somebody's memory and help us find Mary."

Ms McLaren is five feet two inches, has long brown hair, blue eyes and walks with a limp.

On the night she disappeared she was wearing a black-and-white leopard print, black leggings, a white duffle coat and flat black shoes.

She was also carrying a black handbag, a pink floral umbrella and a pink inflatable adult toy.

Detective Chief Inspector McKillop urged anyone who has found any of her clothing or possessions to contact them.

He also asked local businesses and homeowners in the King Street area to assist us by checking outhouses, sheds, lock-ups, bin recesses or any other property that belongs to them.

More than 50 officers and police staff are now working on the inquiry and officers are using Holmes, the Home Office Large Major Enquiry System, to help them with the investigation.

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