{"id":93428,"date":"2025-05-11T19:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T19:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/93428\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T19:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T19:06:17","slug":"prime-suspect-in-ex-football-starlet-murder-probe-fighting-for-life-after-glasgow-suicide-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/93428\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime suspect in ex-football starlet murder probe fighting for life after Glasgow suicide bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE prime suspect in the murder of ex-footie starlet Josh Taplin is clinging to life after a suicide bid.<\/p>\n<p>The man is critical in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hospital<\/a> after falling from the window of a flat in Glasgow\u2019s Possil area last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of Josh Taplin.\" height=\"312\" width=\"159\" data-credit=\"Police Scotland\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/murder-inquiry-launched-following-death-992622597_f0bed7.jpg\" data-caption=\"Ex-footie starlet Josh Taplin was found dead at his home in Knightswood\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/murder-inquiry-launched-following-death-992622597_f0bed7.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Ex-footie starlet Josh Taplin was found dead at his home in KnightswoodCredit: Police Scotland<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police and forensics at a house on Caldwell Avenue.\" height=\"720\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/police-forensics-house-caldwell-avenue-992776613.jpg\" data-caption=\"Cops have launched a manhunt following his murder\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/police-forensics-house-caldwell-avenue-992776613.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Cops have launched a manhunt following his murder<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police officer and forensic investigator at a crime scene.\" height=\"960\" width=\"640\" data-credit=\"John Kirkby\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/07-05-knightswood-murder-follows-992787856.jpg\" data-caption=\"Forensics scoured the scene after the tragic discovery\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/07-05-knightswood-murder-follows-992787856.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Forensics scoured the scene after the tragic discoveryCredit: John Kirkby<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Apartment building on Killearn Street, Possilpark, with parked vans.\" height=\"639\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"John Kirkby\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/09-05-killearn-st-possilpark-993368045.jpg\" data-caption=\"The prime suspect fell from the window of a flat in Glasgow\u2019s Possil area\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/09-05-killearn-st-possilpark-993368045.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>The prime suspect fell from the window of a flat in Glasgow\u2019s Possil areaCredit: John Kirkby<\/p>\n<p>And detectives are waiting to speak to the person of interest in the case, should he recover.<\/p>\n<p>We told how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/gas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gas<\/a> engineer Josh, 28 \u2014 a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/team\/14917\/hamilton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamilton<\/a> Accies youth star \u2014 was stabbed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death<\/a> at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">home<\/a> in the city\u2019s Knightswood last Monday. <\/p>\n<p>A 41-year-old woman was also throttled with a ligature at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/scotland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scotland<\/a> confirmed: \u201cAround 10pm on May 7 we received a report that a man had fallen from the window of a building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmergency services attended, and the man was taken to the Queen Elizabeth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University<\/a> Hospital, where he remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Enquiries are ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The force said it is following a positive line of enquiry in relation to Josh\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">murder<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>A local source said last week: \u201cThe killer was known to Josh. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s sickening. He was a thoroughly decent guy from a nice family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We told how Josh previously won the United <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schools<\/a> Cup with teammates at Chryston High, in Coatbridge, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/lanarkshire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lanarkshire<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Cops probe &#8216;unexplained&#8217; death of woman in horror Scots house fire<\/p>\n<p>He was also a talented boxer.<\/p>\n<p>An online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/fundraising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fundraising<\/a> page set up to help his family has already reached \u00a330,000. <\/p>\n<p>Josh\u2019s girlfriend Toni Stewart, 23, also shared a picture of the couple online, and wrote: \u201cHe was the best thing that ever happened to me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ll love him till the day I die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of Toni Stewart and her boyfriend Josh Taplin.\" height=\"960\" width=\"720\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pix-facebook-toni-stewart-boyfriend-992742355_55fd06.jpg\" data-caption=\"Toni Stewart, Jodh's girlfriend, paid tribute to him on social media\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pix-facebook-toni-stewart-boyfriend-992742355_55fd06.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Toni Stewart, Jodh&#8217;s girlfriend, paid tribute to him on social media<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police van and generator at a murder scene.\" height=\"639\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"John Kirkby\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/07-05-knightswood-murder-follows-992787910.jpg\" data-caption=\"Josh was a former footie starlet who played in the youth ranks at Hamilton Accies\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/07-05-knightswood-murder-follows-992787910.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Josh was a former footie starlet who played in the youth ranks at Hamilton AcciesCredit: John Kirkby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE prime suspect in the murder of ex-footie starlet Josh Taplin is clinging to life after a suicide&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,188,918,4884,18716,29265,529,530,712,5120,5119,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-93428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-glasgow","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-hamilton","13":"tag-murderers-and-serial-killers","14":"tag-police","15":"tag-police-scotland","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-scottish-crime","18":"tag-section-newsscottish-news","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114490768533706613","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93428","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=93428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}