A woman went missing from her home in Luton last night and police are becoming increasingly concerned.
Samantha Paine - also known as Samantha Chase - was last seen when she left Rivergate Towers at around 6pm.
Officers are concerned as it is out of character for Samantha not to contact her family or friends.
Samantha is a white woman, around five feet tall, of slim build and with brown/red shoulder length hair that would have been in a ponytail.
She was wearing a black and orange Adidas hooded top, a white Ralph Lauren body warmer over the top, dark coloured Adidas jogging bottoms and white Vans plimsolls.
Samantha left home without her bag, mobile phone or any money but could have taken her dog with her – a blue Staffordshire bull terrier with white chest, brown collar, hazel eyes and a scar under its jaw.
She has links to the Hart Hill and Hockwell Ring areas of Luton as well as Dunstable.
If anyone has any information about the whereabouts of Samantha please contact the Missing Persons Unit at Bedfordshire Police, in confidence, on 101, or text information to 07786 200011.