'Disappearances' and missing person cases are, sadly, a common occurrence in Scotland. Every day fresh reports arrive from the authorities, from families, all desperately appealing for information and sightings.

As journalists we write their stories and share their photographs, watching as they spread across social media, shared by a Scottish public who are deeply sympathetic and a vital part of the search process.

The result we all hope and wait for is confirmation that they have been found 'safe and well', that at least one distraught family will see their loved one return home that evening.

I have always struggled not to let the stories I write affect me. I have gritted my teeth and clenched my fists as I walked up to murder scenes, edited copy about rape and listened to first-hand accounts of child abuse. But the disappearance of Eliza and Henrietta Huszti has shaken me and a whole community.

Read More:

Brother of missing Hungarian twins reveals family didn't know of plan to leave flat

All we know about missing twins Eliza and Henrietta Huszti one week on

© Herald Scotland