Police can confirm that the death of a man in Woolpit is not being treated as suspicious.
Officers were called at 1.50pm on, Monday 1 January, to reports that the body of a man had been found at the side of Elmswell Road in Woolpit, near Bury St Edmunds.
A post-mortem examination took place on Friday 5 January and the police are not treating the death as suspicious at this time.
Formal identification procedures are due to be finalised but police believe the male to be a 91-year-old man from the local area.
A police file will be prepared for the coroner in due course.
Suffolk Police re-appealing after a man was found dead at the side of the road.
The road was closed overnight and policed issued a description following the discovery of a manâs body in Woolpit.
Police were called at 1.50pm today, Monday 1 January, to reports that the body of a man had been found at the side of Elmswell Road in Woolpit, near Bury St Edmunds.
The man has not been identified and the death is currently being treated as unexplained.
Suffolk Police would like to hear from any witnesses or anyone who may have any information to assist the investigation. The deceased man is described as: a white male, believed to be aged over 50, and approximately 5 foot tall. He has short, fair hair, is clean shaven and is wearing a hearing aid in his right ear.
Elmswell Road will remain closed overnight and is expected to be closed well into tomorrow morning, from Woolpit village to junction 47 of the A14. Diversions are in place.
A police cordon remains in place at the scene while an investigation is carried out.
If anyone has any information that might identify the deceased or has any other information to assist the investigation, please call Suffolk Police on 101 quoting reference number 301 of today, Monday 1 January.
Police were called at 1.50pm today, Monday 1 January, to reports that the body of a man had been found at the side of Elmswell Road in Woolpit, near Bury St Edmunds.
The death is currently being treated as unexplained.
The road has been closed between the junction 47 offslip to Woolpit village and Woolpit village.
A police cordon is in place at the scene while an investigation is carried out.
Suffolk Police would like to hear from any witnesses or anyone who may have any information to assist the investigation, please call 101 quoting reference number 301 of today, Monday 1 January.