Three-time mayor's cause of death revealed
Rising Labor star Sarah Carter was found dead at her home on Tuesday, when she failed to meet her partner Nikhil Roy at the airport ahead of their Europe trip.
She was treated by emergency services but could not be saved.
Now a source close to Carter has told the Daily Mail that she is believed to have of a suspected brain aneurysm.
“They suspect it’s an aneurysm ... we don’t know whether it was anything she had been aware of. It’s come as a complete shock," the source reportedly told the outlet.
On Wednesday Carter's devastated mother Gaynor Morris spoke out about the tragedy for the first time in an interview with the Herald Sun.
“She hadn’t made it to the airport to meet him for their holiday together,” she said.
“He (Roy) went and checked on her and he literally found her dead.”
Victoria police had previously confirmed that her death was not being treated as suspicious and a report is being prepared for the coroner.
Carter was a councillor for Maribyrnong Council in Melbourne's west, covering suburbs including Footscray, Yarraville, Tottenham and Maribyrnong itself.
She was first elected to office in 2008 and was the first woman to have served three times as mayor of Maribyrnong.
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