LINDA'S cousin, 49-year-old Julie Westmore has travelled down from Carmarthenshire to care for the missing mum's four children.

She attended today's reconstruction, joining officers at Queen's Park.

"We are very stressed, anxious and worried," she said. "But we have just got to get on with things and look after the children until Linda returns.

"We have no idea where she is, we have contacted all of Linda's relatives and her many friends and no one knows anything. We are desperate for some news. I spoke to her on Sunday and she seemed fine. She has been through a painful divorce but she seemed to be coping really well."

Mrs Westmore, herself a mother-of-three, described Linda's four children as wonderful, beautiful kids.

"Their friends have been really, really helpful, they have been going out and playing as normal, in fact we are trying to keep everything as normal as possible."

Mrs Westmore said Linda's mother died when she was nine and since that time she had treated her cousin like a little sister.

"We've really got no idea what has happened. All we know is that she's had a really stressful two years, a very painful divorce, but everything was starting to be resolved."

Mrs Westmore described Linda as full of fun, yet naive and very trusting a person who everybody loved.