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Police step up missing man hunt | Police step up missing man hunt |
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Police have questioned 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 stopped traffic on Westburn Road and spoke 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. |
Stocky build | |
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. |
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. |
Mr Campbell disappeared after visiting his daughter in hospital | |
Police teams have been searching woodland areas around Aberdeen since the weekend, and 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." | |
Det Insp Kidd said there had been some response from the public and several possible sightings were being investigated. | Det Insp Kidd said there had been some response from the public and several possible sightings were being investigated. |
He added that the searches, and a poster campaign, would continue. |