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| Police step up missing man hunt | Police step up missing man hunt |
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| Police are to question motorists driving past the area where missing father Stuart Campbell was last seen. | Police are to question motorists driving past the area where missing father Stuart Campbell was last seen. |
| The 32-year-old vanished on 12 August after visiting his baby daughter, a patient at Aberdeen Royal Children's Hospital. | The 32-year-old vanished on 12 August after visiting his baby daughter, a patient at Aberdeen Royal Children's Hospital. |
| Officers will stop traffic on Westburn Road and speak to pedestrians between 1000 BST and noon. | Officers will stop traffic on Westburn Road and speak to pedestrians between 1000 BST and noon. |
| They hope to jog the memory of anyone who was in the area and may have seen Mr Campbell leaving the hospital. | They hope to jog the memory of anyone who was in the area and may have seen Mr Campbell leaving the hospital. |
| The father-of-two, from Portgordon, was last seen leaving the hospital by the front door, before heading along Westburn Road in the direction of North Anderson Drive, shortly after 1000 BST last Tuesday. | The father-of-two, from Portgordon, was last seen leaving the hospital by the front door, before heading along Westburn Road in the direction of North Anderson Drive, shortly after 1000 BST last Tuesday. |
| Mr Campbell wore a short-sleeved polo shirt, mainly cream and chocolate brown in colour with bright orange, cream and blue horizontal stripes as well as light blue denim jeans and brown trainers. | Mr Campbell wore a short-sleeved polo shirt, mainly cream and chocolate brown in colour with bright orange, cream and blue horizontal stripes as well as light blue denim jeans and brown trainers. |
| We are hoping that, by questioning motorists, pedestrians and other people in the area, we will be able to jog people's memories Det Insp Stewart KiddGrampian Police | We are hoping that, by questioning motorists, pedestrians and other people in the area, we will be able to jog people's memories Det Insp Stewart KiddGrampian Police |
| He is described as 5ft 8ins tall, with a stocky build, short, fair hair and tattoos on both arms. He speaks with a slight stammer. | He is described as 5ft 8ins tall, with a stocky build, short, fair hair and tattoos on both arms. He speaks with a slight stammer. |
| Police teams have been searching woodland areas around Aberdeen since the weekend, and police divers have also been called in to search parts of the River Don. | |
| Det Insp Stewart Kidd, of Grampian Police, said: "We are hoping that, by questioning motorists, pedestrians and other people in the area, we will be able to jog people's memories. | Det Insp Stewart Kidd, of Grampian Police, said: "We are hoping that, by questioning motorists, pedestrians and other people in the area, we will be able to jog people's memories. |
| "Hopefully someone will recall seeing Mr Campbell as he walked up Westburn Road last Tuesday morning. | "Hopefully someone will recall seeing Mr Campbell as he walked up Westburn Road last Tuesday morning. |
| "I appreciate our actions might cause some delays to traffic and journey times, but I hope the public will appreciate why we are doing this and be patient." | "I appreciate our actions might cause some delays to traffic and journey times, but I hope the public will appreciate why we are doing this and be patient." |
| Det Insp Kidd said there had been some response from the public and several possible sightings were being investigated. | |
| He added that extensive searches of local woodland, and a poster campaign, would continue. | He added that extensive searches of local woodland, and a poster campaign, would continue. |