'My daughter died alone in a McDonald's toilet and was found six hours later'

Michaela Sharp was tragically found dead in a McDonald's toilet having lay there for six hours before she was found. Her heartbroken mum says it will haunt her forever View 3 Images Aurora said it was “unthinkable” her daughter was left to die alone. (Image: Iona Young)

A mum has told how she will be "haunted forever" after her daughter's body lay undiscovered in the toilet of a McDonald's for six hours. Michaela Sharp, 32, was tragically found dead in the early hours of June 14 in a restaurant in Edinburgh. ‌

Heartbroken mum Aurora Light, 52, said police officers told her CCTV footage showed Michaela entering the toilet at about 9pm the previous evening, but the door was not opened until nearly 3am the following morning. ‌

Emergency crews were scrambled to to the sc