Police have launched a murder investigation after a 74-year-old woman was found dead inside a house in a rural village.
Officers were called to a property on The Engine Green in Fishcross, between Sauchie and Tillicoultry and around two miles north of Alloa, shortly after 7.30am on Sunday March 19. There, they found the body of the elderly woman.
A post-mortem examination was carried out and police are now treating her death as murder. A probe is underway, with a beefed-up police presence promised to reassure residents as detectives make enquiries.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 7.35am on Sunday, 19 March, 2023, police received a report that a 74-year-old woman had died in a house in The Engine Green area of Fishcross.
"Following a post-mortem examination, officers are now treating the death as murder and an investigation is under way.
"Members of the local community will notice enhanced police activity in the area as officers conduct enquiries. Police are following a positive line of inquiry."
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