MURDER PROBE AS MUM IS FOUND DEAD
Man arrested and major investigation launched after body is discovered in flat
A MAJOR murder investigation was under way yesterday after a mother-of-two was found dead in her home.
Emergency services were scrambled to Carol Milne’s ground-floor flat in Aberdeen’s Clifton Road at 4.30am.
Tragically, Carol was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics and Police Scotland’s Major Inquiry Team was called in to carry out a probe into the death.
Within hours, police said a man had been arrested in connection with the incident which they described as “contained”.
Yesterday, neighbours spoke of their shock and said Carol and her husband Norman were a quiet couple who kept to themselves.
As police swarmed the area, searching gardens, grass verges and bins, Bill Davidson said he was stunned by what had happened.
He said Carol, who turned 59 on June 30, worked at a Marks & Spencer branch in nearby Bridge of Don.
Bill, 86, said one of her colleagues turned up on her doorstep when she had failed to appear for work yesterday.
He said: “A woman drove up because she was concerned Carol hadn’t turned up for work.
“She was very worried about her because it was so out of character. It’s a shock. Carol was nice. It’s not the kind of thing you expect to happen round here.”
Carol, from Keith, Banffshire, married Norman, 57, in Rothes in September 1988. The couple have two sons.
Detective Inspector Gary Winter said: “Inquiries are ongoing and at a very early stage.
“I would like to take this opportunity to stress that there is no threat to the wider community.
“This appears to have been a contained incident, however there will be a significant police presence in the area while our investigation continues.”