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04/01/05 - Body found: Three
quizzed
Evening Telegraph, Peterborough
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| A police officer stands
guard outside the city flat where the body of a
man was found. |
A MAN has been found dead in a bath in ''suspicious
circumstances'' following a party at his flat.
Today, three men, aged 18, 24, and 42, are in custody
and helping police with their inquiries.
Police refused to say what the men had been arrested
on suspicion of.
The gruesome discovery of the man's body was made by
a neighbour, who had been at the party, in Stanground,
Peterborough.
It is believed the man had been drinking with a few
friends before going into the bathroom.
However, he was found lying dead in the bath at the
flat in the two storey building, in Appleyard, at noon
yesterday. It is believed the man died after choking
on his own vomit.
A police forensic team was at the scene today collecting
further evidence to try to piece together how the man
came to die in the bath.
Kate Aldridge, a spokeswoman for Cambridgeshire Constabulary,
said: "As part of any investigation, where a death
is unexplained, a police forensic team will be examining
the scene to collect evidence.
"Officers will remain outside the scene today,
as the forensic teams continue their work there."
A post-mortem examination was due to be carried out
today.
Miss Aldridge said: "Formal identification has
not yet taken place, and will not do so until the post-mortem
examination is complete.
"The man's identity will not be released until
his next of kin have been informed."
The death has caused shock among residents living nearby.
Cecil Barghen (59), who has lived in Appleyard for three
years, said: "This is a terrible thing to happen.
"I saw three to four police cars outside yesterday,
and knew something serious had happened.
"It is shocking, and I have never known anything
like it to happen here before."
Jillian King (53), also of Appleyard, said: I came back
from holiday yesterday and saw there were police cars
and an ambulance, and thought it was a robbery or burglary,
but to find out someone had died is very shocking, particularly
as the new year's celebrations have just finished."
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