The partner of a missing Scottish dad fears "something bad" has happened to him nearly a month on from his last sighting.
Dad-of-two Reece Rodger, from Fife, disappeared during a camping trip with friends on March 18 in the Kinloch Rannoch area of Highland Perthshire. The 28-year-old's friends believed he had gone to bed that evening, but woke up the next day and could not find Reece.
Last week, Reece's story was featured on Channel 5's Vanished about Britain's missing people and what we know so far. However, Reece's partner Paula Airzee has been sick with worry since his disappearance and now wonders if a third party was involved.
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Speaking to BBC Scotland, she said: "Something has happened to him or he would be home. He's not choosing to be out there and not get found. I just know that.
"It was his first trip away in a while. He hadn't seen the boys so he was looking forward to that, so he was just his normal happy self.
"If he had suffered an accident, like fell and hurt himself he would have been found by now. The only other thing I can think of is third party involvement - someone has done something to him."
Reece's disappearance sparked a huge social media response from friends and family who wanted to get involved and help arrange community-organised searches of the area he was last seen.
A Facebook group launched to coordinate efforts now has more than 6,000 members. The next search for Reece is scheduled for Sunday, April 16, around 10.30am with those willing to help being asked to meet at the Kinloch Rannoch village hall.
In a further plea on the Facebook group, Paula asked people to "come out in force for my boys and their daddy".
She wrote: "I know it's difficult and disheartening to continually search the same areas with no trace of Reece, but my promise to Reece is that I will never give up and I won't. At this stage we have nothing new to work with, we just need to keep searching.
"We are also being advised to do so, this is being advised based on previous cases of missing people and extensive searches for them which initially haven't discovered anything and then something of significance is found. I have nothing left in me other than hope and people searching keeps that hope alive."
Police Scotland has suspended its own searches for Reece after dog units, divers and air support failed to produce any new leads. The force said its efforts had been "extensive and rigorous".
Inspector Steve Gray told the BBC: "We know how challenging the last few weeks have been for his family and loved ones and we have been in regular contact with them to update them on our inquiries."
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