PICTURES of missing Julie Reilly recovering from her brain injury have emerged as cops continue their hunt for the Govan woman.
Julie was last seen on CCTV at Aldi on Paisley Road West in Cardonald on February 6 and The Evening Times revealed yesterday that an elite murder squad are now looking into her disappearance - two months after she first vanished.
Detective Chief Inspector Mark Bell, from Police Scotland's Major Investigation Teams (MITs), is heading up the investigation.
He said: “I cannot exclude that something something sinister has happened to her but it my absolute wish and sincere hope that I find Julie alive and well.”
We were the first to reveal that the missing Govan woman had suffered a brain injury prior to her disappearance.
It is unclear how Julie developed the injury but she spent several months in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital before she moved to the Graham Anderson House which is a specialist neurobehavioural assessment and post-acute rehabilitation hospital.
Our exclusive pictures show Julie in happier times making a recovery from the serious injury at Graham Anderson House.
The alarm was raised over her whereabouts after she missed a NHS appointment.
Yesterday, her mum Margaret Hanlon, 69, from Auchinleck in Ayrshire, pleaded for anyone with information to come forward.
She said: "Please, please if you are out there somewhere, Julie, please let us know you are ok.
"We are all so sick with worry for your safety. We love you so much, hen, and need you back here at home safe with us."
She added: "If anybody anywhere knows of Julie's whereabouts please don't let us go on like this.
"I'm begging you from the bottom of my heart.
"Julie is a daughter, a mother, a sister, an auntie and a grandmother to a beautiful grandson who turned one in February."
If you have information on missing Julie, contact Govan Police Office via 101, quoting incident number 2057 of Thursday February 15 2018. Alternatively you can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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