Police hunting a student who disappeared two days ago after leaving a nightclub have traced a man she was seen speaking to on CCTV.
Karen Buckley, 24, was last seen on footage in the early hours of Sunday morning talking to a man outside the Sanctuary in Dumbarton Road, Glasgow.
Officers said he has now been traced and is “helping police with inquiries”.
The family of Miss Buckley, who is from Cork in the Republic of Ireland, have flown to Scotland to help with the search.
The student arrived at the club with friends at around 11.45pm on Saturday and at around 1am she told them she was going to the toilet. She failed to return and did not take her jacket.
She was then seen on CCTV outside talking to a man and then walking west along Dumbarton Road towards Church Street.
Friends of the Glasgow Caledonian University student raised the alarm on Sunday, saying it was “very out of character” for her not to return home.
Police are carrying out a major search with a large police presence in the west end of Glasgow, where officers are carrying out door-to-door inquiries, while CCTV footage is also being scanned.
A Facebook page titled “Please help find Karen missing in Glasgow”has been set up urging people to look out for the missing student, and it has so far garnered more than 21,500 likes.
Inspector Gavin Smith, of Police Scotland, said: “Friends reported Karen missing on Sunday 12 April after feeling her behaviour to not return home was very out of character.
“Her friends say she would always contact them by text or phone to let them know where she was and she doesn’t appear to have contacted anyone.
“We are interested in speaking to anyone who may have seen Karen in the early hours of Sunday morning in the west end of Glasgow in order to help with our inquiries to locate her.
“Karen had been drinking alcohol with her friends but they say she was not drunk and are very worried about her. Her parents have also flown over from Ireland as they believe this behaviour is very unusual and not like Karen at all.
“I would urge anyone who may have seen Karen at all on Saturday night into Sunday morning to get in touch with police on 101 with any information at all.”
Miss Buckley is described as white and around 5ft to 5ft 2in. She has brown eyes and dark hair which had long black curly extensions in it.
When last seen she was wearing a black jumpsuit with red high-heeled shoes and was carrying a black handbag. She speaks with an Irish accent.
She lives with three other student friends in a flat in Hill Street, Garnethill, Glasgow, and earlier on Saturday evening had drinks with friends in the flat before going to the nightclub.