A woman found lying in the snow outside a church in South Lanarkshire froze to death, it has emerged.
The woman was alive when she was discovered by the church organist on a path in the grounds of St John’s Church in Carluke on Sunday morning.
She was taken to Wishaw General hospital but died a short time later.
Police said there did not appear to be any suspicious circumstances. It is understood the woman, who was in her 30s, had hypothermia.

Strathclyde Police said a post-mortem examination had taken place.
The church organist …

When I’ve learned enough to really live, I’ll be old enough to die.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live, taking the form of a readiness to die.
~ G.K. Chesterton