Bodies may be mother and her son; DEATHS.Byline: MAGGIE BARRY POLICE forensic teams were last night probing the mystery deaths of a man and a woman after their bodies were found in a flat in Edinburgh's upmarket up·mar·ket adj. Appealing to or designed for high-income consumers; upscale: "He turned up in well-cut clothes . . . and upmarket felt hats" New Yorker. Dean Village. The corpses were named locally as Brian and Valerie Rockall from Dean Path, thought to be mother and son. It was claimed last night that police were treating one of the deaths as murder and the other as a suicide - but Lothian and Borders Police Lothian and Borders Police is the police force for the Scottish council areas of the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian. The force's headquarters are in Fettes Avenue, Edinburgh. refused to confirm the claim. However one source said: "It doesn't look like they will be making any appeals for information in the circumstances." Neighbours said Mrs Rockall was aged 80 and Brian was aged 44. Both bodies were removed from the flats, which are close to Princes Street, late yesterday afternoon. The police said: "We are treating the deaths as unexplained and no details of the victims will be released until next of kin The blood relatives entitled by law to inherit the property of a person who dies without leaving a valid will, although the term is sometimes interpreted to include a relationship existing by reason of marriage. Cross-references Descent and Distribution. are informed." CAPTION(S): SCENE Corpse is removed |
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