Detectives searching for a teenager reported missing in 1976 have extended their search from hospital grounds in West Dunbartonshire to a nearby residential area.
Mary Duncan was just 17 when she disappeared from her home in Alexandria.
As reported on Glasgow Live, Police Scotland had commenced a search of Vale of Leven Hospital last month.
When Mary disappeared, she left behind her baby daughter Laura, and police said in August that they "must consider the option that she may have come to harm".
Today (Monday, September 7), officers have also started searching a site in Helensburgh.
Detective Superintendent Calum Young, from West Dunbartonshire CID, said: “This latest development is due to extensive enquiries carried out in an attempt to find any indication of where Mary could be.
“This new site is within a residential area and as such I would like to stress that any disruption to local residents must be kept to a minimum, and would ask both the media and public to remain mindful of this.
"Any updates from the new search site will be provided in due course.”
