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| Clubbers and pub-goers in Dundee have been questioned by police investigating the disappearance of a mother-of-three, not seen for 10 days. | |
| Tayside Police were patrolling the city centre and handing out leaflets seeking information about Mary McLaren, 34. | Tayside Police were patrolling the city centre and handing out leaflets seeking information about Mary McLaren, 34. |
| Detectives have already released images of her dancing with an unidentified man on the night she disappeared. | Detectives have already released images of her dancing with an unidentified man on the night she disappeared. |
| She was seen with him following a night out at the city's Fat Sam's nightclub on 25 February. | She was seen with him following a night out at the city's Fat Sam's nightclub on 25 February. |
| The officer leading the inquiry, Det Ch Insp Shaun McKillop, said the investigation team had received a steady flow of phone calls and e-mails regarding the case which had proven "invaluable". | The officer leading the inquiry, Det Ch Insp Shaun McKillop, said the investigation team had received a steady flow of phone calls and e-mails regarding the case which had proven "invaluable". |
| He added: "Information gathered to date, as well as painstaking trawls of Dundee's public and private CCTV, has helped to re-trace Mary's steps up to a last confirmed sighting with a man in Marketgait, near to its junction with King Street at about 3am on Thursday (25 February). | He added: "Information gathered to date, as well as painstaking trawls of Dundee's public and private CCTV, has helped to re-trace Mary's steps up to a last confirmed sighting with a man in Marketgait, near to its junction with King Street at about 3am on Thursday (25 February). |
| We have received a number of phone calls following the release of photographs of Mary with this man. Det Ch Insp Shaun McKillopTayside Police | We have received a number of phone calls following the release of photographs of Mary with this man. Det Ch Insp Shaun McKillopTayside Police |
| ''In addition to door-to-door inquiries and leafleting people along the route that Mary was last seen on, officers are also undertaking physical searches along this route in an effort to gather anything that could help to trace Mary." | ''In addition to door-to-door inquiries and leafleting people along the route that Mary was last seen on, officers are also undertaking physical searches along this route in an effort to gather anything that could help to trace Mary." |
| Ms McLaren was last seen walking with the unidentified man in North Lindsay Street and Bell Street before they reached Marketgait east after they left the nightclub. | Ms McLaren was last seen walking with the unidentified man in North Lindsay Street and Bell Street before they reached Marketgait east after they left the nightclub. |
| Mr McKillop said: "We have received a number of phone calls following the release of photographs of Mary with this man. | Mr McKillop said: "We have received a number of phone calls following the release of photographs of Mary with this man. |
| "Those calls, along with all of the information that has been passed to us so far is being followed up." | "Those calls, along with all of the information that has been passed to us so far is being followed up." |
| 'Scrap of detail' | 'Scrap of detail' |
| The detective said he still believed there were people who had seen Ms McLaren in the early hours of 25 February who were yet to come forward. | The detective said he still believed there were people who had seen Ms McLaren in the early hours of 25 February who were yet to come forward. |
| He added: "I urge them to do so. | He added: "I urge them to do so. |
| ''Don't dismiss the information you might have as irrelevant - please let the police decide. | ''Don't dismiss the information you might have as irrelevant - please let the police decide. |
| "That scrap of detail, no matter how insignificant you might think it is, could be crucial to us.'' | "That scrap of detail, no matter how insignificant you might think it is, could be crucial to us.'' |
| The unidentified man pictured with Ms McLaren was described as being between 30 and 45 years old, about 5ft 7in tall, of slim build, with brown hair and a moustache. | The unidentified man pictured with Ms McLaren was described as being between 30 and 45 years old, about 5ft 7in tall, of slim build, with brown hair and a moustache. |
| Police said he was wearing a grey, round-neck T-shirt, a dark-coloured jacket with white reflective piping on the back, and dark-coloured trousers. | Police said he was wearing a grey, round-neck T-shirt, a dark-coloured jacket with white reflective piping on the back, and dark-coloured trousers. |
| Ms McLaren, who walks with a limp, is 5ft 2in, with long brown hair and blue eyes. | Ms McLaren, who walks with a limp, is 5ft 2in, with long brown hair and blue eyes. |
| On the night she went missing she was wearing a distinctive black-and-white patterned dress, black leggings, a white duffel coat and flat black shoes. | On the night she went missing she was wearing a distinctive black-and-white patterned dress, black leggings, a white duffel coat and flat black shoes. |