THE sister of a missing Govanhill woman have urged her to get in touch and let her family know she is safe.

Heartbroken Fiona Kilcoyne issued an emotional plea for her sister Janet McQueen to come home after she vanished from her home in Langside Road on Tuesday, October 18 at around 9pm.

Fiona, who took part in a media appeal with Chief Graham McInarlin at Cathcart Police Office today, said: “We are worried sick not knowing where she is at this time. All we want to know is safe and well. We love and miss you so very much.”

Mother-of-three Janet was last seen by her neighbour leaving her home and there has been no confirmed sightings of the 58-year-old since.

Janet, who previously lived in Merrylee, had been on a bus in Baillieston earlier on the day she disappeared.

Police said she seemed a bit distressed and as a result they were called to take her home to her family.

She left her home later that evening telling the neighbour she was off to see a family member and it is at this point the trial runs cold.

She left behind her mini Yorkshire terrier Palsy, her mobile phone and purse.

Her sister Fiona said: “The family are really worried now about my sister Janet. We speak to her regularly on the phone and for her to disappear for this length of time is really concerning.”

Lines on enquiry have included checking out places that Janet regularly went. The family said she visited the Sir John Stirling Maxwell pub in Kilmarnock Road, Shawlands, for a cup of coffee and cake and sometimes later in the afternoon, the James Tassie public house.

Janet has also not collected her prescriptions since she vanished.

Chief Inspector Graham McInarlin said: “Despite a search by officers in the area including vast door-to-door interviews, checks via CCTV, and with local bus and taxi firms, Janet has been seen since last Tuesday night.

“On Tuesday, October 25 police conducted a stop and interview operation in Govanhill stretching out to Shawlands. Some 147 people were spoken to officers and we are currently sifting through any information we have got from that.

“There is nothing at this time to indicate suspicious circumstances or foul play, I need to establish that she is safe and well and that she has not come to any harm.”

Janet is described as white, 5ft tall, of slim build with short black hair. She was wearing glasses, a black anorak and dark coloured trousers.

Contact police on 101 if you have any information about Janet.