Longwell Green: Murder arrest after man's 'suspicious' death

A car has been recovered from Ellacombe Road for examination

A 73-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found dead.

Officers were called to a property on Bath Road, Longwell Green, on Sunday following the death of a man aged in his 50s.

Police believe the deceased man had been reported as missing and are treating the death as suspicious.

The arrested man remains in custody while officers wait for post-mortem results.

A police cordon is currently in place at the Bath Road property while crime scene investigators carry out examinations.

A car, which police believe belonged to the deceased, has also been recovered from Ellacombe Road for examination.

'An open mind'

Det Insp Lee Stefano said: "While the formal identification process has not yet been carried out, we believe the man who sadly died had been reported as missing to us on Friday after he hadn't been seen for three days.

"Officers were actively searching for him when we received the call informing us of his death.

"Early indications are the man may have sadly died some days ago and the delay in which this was reported to us is one of the reasons why we are treating his death as suspicious.

"The forensic post-mortem will be key in helping us to understand how he died and whether or not there was any third party involvement.

"While we're treating the death as suspicious, we continue to keep an open mind about what happened."

A forensic post-mortem examination to try to establish his cause of death is due to take place later this week.

Police said house to house enquiries would be carried out along with a review of CCTV and doorbell footage from the area.