TRIBUTES have poured in after the body of missing grandmother Wilhelmina Rooney was found in an East End park.

 

Ms Rooney, who was known by her middle name Anne, had been missing since 10am on Monday January 19.

The 71-year-old was last seen at her East Kilbride and had failed to make contact with her family since then.

Dozens of people paid their respects to the 71-year-old on social media, with her daughter Alison Parker personally thanking people for sharing their condolences and helping in the six-day search for her mother.

Alison, who just days ago made a heart breaking plea to her mother to return home, said the family were "heartbroken" following the discovery.

Ms Rooney's body was found in a play park near Tynecastle Street in Carntyne around 4pm on Sunday January 25.

Officers sealed off the popular greenspace, around 8 miles from Ms Rooney's home in East Kilbride, to allow forensic teams to scour the area.

As reported by the Evening Times, the park remained closed yesterday morning and there was a large police presence in the area.

The circumstances surrounding her death are currently unknown, however a post mortem exam is due to be carried out.

Last night, daughter Alison thanked members of the public for their support in the search for her mother, and said there were "no words to describe how we all feel right now, but we'll get through it together."

"I just need to thank you and everyone else who helped us this past week

She posted the message on Twitter, and added: "We're heartbroken as you can imagine, but we're sticking together."

Thousands of people helped to share pictures and information about the 71-year-old through Facebook and Twitter in a bid to help trace her.

Police carried out an extensive search for Ms Rooney prior to her discovery six days after her disappearance.

They used dogs and helicopters in their search for the 71-year-old, and posters were put up in East Kilbride appealing to the public for information.

The reasons for Ms Rooney's disappearance or how she arrived at the East End park are currently unknown.

During a press conference on Friday January 23, Inspector Mark Leonard of East Kilbride police confirmed Ms Rooney's bus pass had been used to travel to the East End on the day she went missing.

The card was not understood to have been used after that date.

A report will now be sent to the Procurator Fiscal and enquiries are continuing into the cause of Ms Rooney's death however police are not treating it as suspicious.

Meanwhile, Police have launched a probe after two bodies were found in a Port Glasgow flat.

Two women, aged 34 and 35, were discovered dead in a house on Teviot Road on Friday January 23, just after 9pm.

Their cause of their deaths, which are not being treated as suspicious, will now be investigated during a post mortem examination.