Police probe 'suspicious' death after body of man found in Ipswich

The man's body was found in a house on Hawthorn Avenue in Ipswich.
The man's body was found in a house on Hawthorn Avenue in Ipswich. Credit: ITV NEWS ANGLIA

A police investigation is under way after the body of a man was found.

Officers were called to an address in Hawthorn Drive in Ipswich, near the junction with Marigold Avenue, shortly before 6pm on New Year's Day.

A man in his 60s was found dead and his family have been notified.

Police said inquiries were at an early stage, but the death was currently unexplained and being treated as suspicious.

A forensic expert examines the inside of a property at Hawthorn Avenue in Ipswich after police treat a death as 'suspicious'. Credit: ITV News Anglia

A Home Office post-mortem examination is expected to take place in due course and police have sealed off the area while they investigate.

Officers are appealing for anybody with information or who saw any suspicious activity near the address between Christmas Eve and New Year to contact police quoting reference 37/162/25 via a dedicated site.

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