Former Liberal Democrat candidate stabbed to death in hotel attack Detectives said they were seeking to speak to witnesses who may have seen the vehicle. Mrs McDonough was a council foster carer and had twice stood as a candidate for the Liberal Democrat party in local elections. Police said they were unable to say whether there were any suspicious circumstances and were treating the incident as "unexplained." They said they could not rule out that the two women had inflicted the injuries on themselves or each other. The alarm was raised at 7am on Friday morning after guests found Miss McDonough slumped in the corridor outside her room. Detective Inspector David Wagstaff, who is leading the inquiry, said: "We are currently trying to piece together the movements of Margaret and Nicola on Thursday 9 May. There have been several sightings of Margaret in the Paisley area on Thursday morning until about 1000 hrs. She and Nicola were also seen within a red coloured Suzuki Swift car, registration number SL56CBF that day. We also know that Margaret and Nicola checked into the Premier Inn at James Watt Way, Greenock at around 1550 hrs on the Thursday. After checking in I know that they left the hotel a short time later and possibly returned between 0030 and 0100 hrs.