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30/07/2008
Murder Investigation Underway In Aberdeen
A major police investigation is underway after a man was found dead in a tenement stairwell in Aberdeen.
Officers were called to an address in Ritchie Place on Tuesday at aroud 7pm after they received reports that a man, believed to be in his 40s, had been injured.
The Evening Express has since reported that the man, named locally as Chris Lindsay, "was...stabbed to death".
A spokesman for Grampian Police said: "Grampian Police are currently investigating the circumstances leading to the death of a male at an address in Ritchie Place, Aberdeen.
"Police went to the scene in the Tillydrone area of the city around 7pm Tuesday 29 July 2008, following reports that a man had been injured."
The spokesman added that "while the investigation is in its very early stages" it is "being treated as a murder enquiry".
Detectives carried out detailed inquiries and gathered information overnight.
One local described seeing a man "covered in blood" in the stairwell of the building.
He said that residents were told they could not return to the eight-flat block where the man died as the investigation continued overnight.
Police are appealing to anyone who saw anything suspicious to come forward.
(DS)(BMcC)
Officers were called to an address in Ritchie Place on Tuesday at aroud 7pm after they received reports that a man, believed to be in his 40s, had been injured.
The Evening Express has since reported that the man, named locally as Chris Lindsay, "was...stabbed to death".
A spokesman for Grampian Police said: "Grampian Police are currently investigating the circumstances leading to the death of a male at an address in Ritchie Place, Aberdeen.
"Police went to the scene in the Tillydrone area of the city around 7pm Tuesday 29 July 2008, following reports that a man had been injured."
The spokesman added that "while the investigation is in its very early stages" it is "being treated as a murder enquiry".
Detectives carried out detailed inquiries and gathered information overnight.
One local described seeing a man "covered in blood" in the stairwell of the building.
He said that residents were told they could not return to the eight-flat block where the man died as the investigation continued overnight.
Police are appealing to anyone who saw anything suspicious to come forward.
(DS)(BMcC)
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