POLICE have launched a manhunt for the killer of mum found dead at home.
Rose Johnston, 68, died following a blunt-force head injury and was discovered on Saturday (October 4).
A Home Office post-mortem has taken place and the cause of death has been established as a blunt force head injury.
An investigation is underway and house-to-house, CCTV and forensic enquiries are in the process of being carried out.
Her family said in a tribute: “Mum was kind, caring, compassionate, friendly, unassuming and gentle.
“She was so intelligent, funny and sarcastic. Mum was a tutor working in adult education for many years and she spent recent years volunteering for the Nugent group working with people with special educational needs and even though she didn’t have very much, would always buy donations for the foodbank every time she did her shopping.
“She was a very private person, but was truly family orientated. Mum always looked out for and always cared for her whole family, often putting everyone else before herself.
“She was a sister, auntie, great auntie, grandmother and great grandmother and my mum.
“She is going to be sadly missed by all of us.
“We just can’t understand who would want to hurt her this way and can’t understand why after the challenges she has faced in her life would someone do this to my lovely mum.”
