{"id":80775,"date":"2025-05-07T03:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T03:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/80775\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T03:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T03:05:16","slug":"first-picture-of-man-found-dead-at-glasgow-home-as-police-launch-murder-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/80775\/","title":{"rendered":"First picture of man found dead at Glasgow home as police launch murder probe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Josh Taplin, 28, was discovered after cops were called to a report of a concern for person at a property on Caldwell Avenue in Knightswood at around 3.35pm on Monday.<\/p>\n

19:13, 06 May 2025Updated 19:20, 06 May 2025<\/p>\n

\"JoshJosh Taplin(Image: Police Scotland)<\/p>\n

A man who was found dead at a home in Glasgow<\/a> has been named by police as officers launch a murder probe.<\/p>\n

Josh Taplin, 28, was discovered after cops<\/a> were called to a report of a concern for person at a property on Caldwell Avenue in Knightswood at around 3.35pm on Monday.<\/p>\n

Ambulance crews attended and Josh’s body was found within.<\/p>\n

Police<\/a> say they have now launched a murder inquiry following the death. Their enquiries remain ongoing to establish the full circumstances.<\/p>\n

\"OfficersOfficers at the scene on Tuesday afternoon(Image: DAILY RECORD)<\/p>\n

Earlier today pictures taken by the Record showed the home cordoned off by police with several officers<\/a> in attendance.<\/p>\n

Detective Chief Inspector Graham McCreadie, of the Major Investigation Team, said: \u201cOur thoughts are with the family of Josh at what is a very difficult time. They are being supported by specialist officers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is vital that we find answers for them and we are appealing for information as our enquiries continue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you were in the area at the time and saw anything that could assist with our investigation<\/a> then please get in touch, no matter how small that piece of information might be.<\/p>\n

\"JoshPolice have launched a murder inquiry following Josh’s death(Image: Police Scotland)<\/p>\n

\u201cIn particular, I am asking people to check private CCTV footage and see if anything has been captured that could be important. Likewise, if you were driving in the area and have dash-cam that could assist, please contact us.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe this is an isolated incident<\/a> and there is no threat to the wider public. Officers remain in the area and anyone with concerns can speak to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyone who can assist is asked to contact Police Scotland<\/a> on 101, quoting incident number 2069 of Monday, May 5, 2025, or make a call anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n

A dedicated Major Incident Public Portal has also been set up and information can be passed anonymously on the following link – https:\/\/mipp.police.uk\/operation\/SCOT25S21-PO1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Taplin, 28, was discovered after cops were called to a report of a concern for person at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,530,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-80775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-police-scotland","12":"tag-scotland","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}