Unexplained death in Scarletwell Street, Northampton - appeal for information

Detectives are appealing for information after the unexplained death of a man in Northampton.

Police officers were called to Scarletwell Street just before 8.30am this morning (December 15) after a man was found dead inside a car with head injuries.

A forensic postmortem will take place later today (December 15) at Leicester Royal Infirmary to ascertain the cause of death.

Detectives investigating the incident are now appealing for anyone with any information which could shed light on the events leading up to the man's death to come forward.

Detective Inspector Liam O’Neill said: “At the present time, we are working to establish the series of events which led to the death of this man including how he died and whether there were any suspicious circumstances involved.

“We’re really keen to speak to anyone who may have seen anything in the area in the hours before he was found that may be relevant to our enquiries.

“We’d also appeal to people in the local area to check any CCTV, dash cam or doorbell cameras that they may have and get in touch if there’s anything on them that may help us.

“Our thoughts are with the friends and family of this man and we will be working hard to establish exactly how he died.”

The area of Scarletwell Street is currently cordoned off whilst officers conduct their enquiries. Anyone with any concerns in the local area is welcome to approach one of these officers who will be happy to help.

Witnesses or anyone with information, CCTV, dash cam or doorbell footage should call Northamptonshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 quoting incident number 24000743353.