Tragic new details emerge after three-time mayor found dead at just 45
Three-time Maribyrnong mayor Sarah Carter was found dead at her home on Tuesday,
Now, her devastated mother Gaynor Morris has broken her silence and revealed that Carter was due to fly to Europe with her partner, Nikki Roy, but never made it to the airport.
“She hadn’t made it to the airport to meet him for their holiday together,” Morris told the Herald Sun.
“He (Roy) went and checked on her and he literally found her dead.
“No-one knows anything different unfortunately.”
She was treated by emergency services at her home in Maribyrnong, Victoria at 3:45pm on Tuesday but unfortunately could not be saved.
Her cause of death is not yet known but Victoria police has confirmed that her death is not being treated as suspicious.
Carter's mother said that Roy was “absolutely heartbroken”.
“I think she sets a great example for everybody and there’s a lot of people that will miss her. I am very proud,” she added.
Carter was a councillor on Maribyrnong Council, in Melbourne’s west, which covers suburbs including Footscray, Yarraville and Tottenham as well as Maribyrnong.
She was first elected to office in 2008 and was the first woman who served as mayor of Maribyrnong three times.
Many believed that her political career could go beyond council boundaries.
“Children’s champion, community leader, Labor through and through. The best of us,” Former Labor leader and current minister Bill Shorten said in a tribute to Carter.
“My thoughts are with her family and loved ones in this difficult time.”
Labor MP Tim Watts added that her “energy was limitless”.
“She had an impact on so many people’s lives.
“She gave so much of herself and wanted to give so much more. She’s been taken from us far too soon.
“It’s a terrible loss to our community and our country”.
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