Family says murdered Marelle Sturrock was expecting baby boy

The household of murdered teacher Marelle Sturrock has revealed she was carrying a babe lad erstwhile she died.

Ms Sturrock was 29 weeks large erstwhile she was recovered dormant astatine her location successful Jura Street successful Glasgow connected 25 April.

A connection released by her household has said her unborn baby, who did not survive, was to person been named Jayden.

Police investigating the execution recovered the assemblage of Ms Sturrock's fiance David Yates at Mugdock Reservoir past Thursday.

Officers had been searching for Yates successful transportation with Ms Sturrock's death. They said no-one other was believed to person been progressive and Mr Yates' decease was not being treated arsenic suspicious.

Ms Sturrock's parents Colin and Lorna Sturrock released a connection done Police Scotland connected Tuesday.

It said: "We are devastated pursuing the deaths of our daughter, Marelle, and soon to beryllium grandson, Jayden Sturrock.

"Marelle was the happiest idiosyncratic you could ever conscionable and was ever looking to assistance others the champion she could.

"Marelle and her spouse doted connected each other, and this incidental has travel arsenic a full daze to each who knew her."

They thanked household and friends, colleagues astatine Sandwood Primary wherever Ms Sturrock was a teacher, and Police Scotland officers for their efforts and support.

They added: "Our household would similar everyone, including the press, to respect our privateness astatine this precise bittersweet and hard time."

The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc) said the Crown Office had instructed them to motorboat an probe into the decease but it has not clarified what it is investigating.

The watchdog tin analyse superior incidents involving the police, including the decease oregon wounded of a idiosyncratic pursuing interaction with officers.

A spokesperson said: "Once our inquiries are implicit a study volition beryllium submitted to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service."

Police Scotland has not yet confirmed however Ms Sturrock died.