TRIBUTES have been paid to a voluntary service worker who was found murdered close to her home.
Mary McCracken, who was known to family and friends as Marie, was fatally injured at a property in Old Coach Road, East Kilbride, at around 10.45pm on Wednesday.
The mother-of-four was a senior services assistant for the Womens Royal Voluntary Service at Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride, with the organisation describing her as a highly valued member of staff.
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