The body of Christine Hilton was discovered within her vehicle – a grey Vauxhall Astra – in a car parking area on the A762 approximately one mile north of Laurieston on Tuesday afternoon.
Detectives are treating her death as unexplained and a report has been submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
Detective Inspector Dean Little said: “I am keen to establish when the vehicle arrived at this location and would ask anybody who observed the vehicle to make contact with the police.”
Anybody who saw Mrs Hilton or her vehicle, which has registration number KD06 YZT, to contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting incident number 2077 of November 27.
