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19/11/2013
Body Found In Well Being Treated As Murder
The body of man found in a well in south London on Friday lay undiscovered for two years, according to police.
Police have reported that the body, discovered by workmen at a home in Audley Drive, Warlingham, had been tied up and had been in the well for about two years.
It is understood that post-mortem tests proved inconclusive but police say that the body was that of a white male and they believe that he was assaulted.
Police are treating the crime as murder and it is understood that forensic work at the well where the body was discovered is expected to last for a month.
(MH/IT)
Police have reported that the body, discovered by workmen at a home in Audley Drive, Warlingham, had been tied up and had been in the well for about two years.
It is understood that post-mortem tests proved inconclusive but police say that the body was that of a white male and they believe that he was assaulted.
Police are treating the crime as murder and it is understood that forensic work at the well where the body was discovered is expected to last for a month.
(MH/IT)
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