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Hazel North: Man quizzed amid park search in Kilmarnock | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
A man is being questioned by police as the search for a missing woman from Fife centres on a park in Kilmarnock. | |
Hazel North, 19, from Dunfermline, was reported missing on Friday. She last had contact with her sister on 4 March. | |
Police have erected a forensic tent and cordoned off Dean Park in Kilmarnock. | |
The scene is near a house in Northcraig Road that was searched on Friday. The man who lives there, who has been named locally as John Davis, 25, is being questioned by police as a witness. | |
Ms North, who is from the Cairneyhill area of Dunfermline, last contacted her sister on 4 March and told her she was travelling to meet a male friend in Kilmarnock. | |
She has not been in touch with her family since and police said they were increasingly concerned for her safety. | |
On Friday, officers searched a house and garden in the town's Northcraig Road but did not find anything suspicious. | |
It is understood that Mr Davis lives at the property. | |
Police appeal | |
On Saturday, police said there had been a possible sighting of Ms North in Stranraer, where her family lived, earlier this week. | On Saturday, police said there had been a possible sighting of Ms North in Stranraer, where her family lived, earlier this week. |
Late on Sunday night, police cordoned off an area of Dean Park in Kilmarnock, in connection with the inquiry. | |
Supt Neil Kerr told BBC Scotland police were only informed of the teenager's disappearance on Friday. | |
He also said she had recently been living in Stranraer with family and had contacted her sister by phone or text message. | He also said she had recently been living in Stranraer with family and had contacted her sister by phone or text message. |
He urged Ms North, or anyone who who knows where she is, to contact police. | He urged Ms North, or anyone who who knows where she is, to contact police. |
"Hazel, if you are out there, can you please get in touch with police as soon as you can and let us know that you are ok," he said. | "Hazel, if you are out there, can you please get in touch with police as soon as you can and let us know that you are ok," he said. |
She was described as being 5ft 8in in height and of slim build with a fair complexion. She has brown hair. | She was described as being 5ft 8in in height and of slim build with a fair complexion. She has brown hair. |
Supt Kerr said a number of officers throughout the country were working on the inquiry. | Supt Kerr said a number of officers throughout the country were working on the inquiry. |