Charles Robb, 73, and his sister Mary, 85, were found slumped inside the ground floor flat in Aberdeen city centre.

BBC: Fire engine

Democrats, who trail in the race for the open Democratic seat in Nevada, need to hold the open Democratic seats in New Jersey, New York and Nebraska, and hope for a come-from-behind victory by Virginia Democrat Charles Robb, to have any chance of recapturing the Senate.

CNN: Final day of tight race for power in U.S. Congress

He first started writing speeches for Virginia Governor Charles S. Robb and went on to found his own communications consulting organization, Public Words, in 1997.

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