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Probe underway as body found at house in Darlington

10:09am Friday 21st November 2008 in


TWO men and a 30-year-old woman are being questioned by police after a man's body was discovered at a house.

Emergency services were called to the property in Forster Street around 9.30am today.

The man was found in a downstairs room and had suffered serious head injuries.

Det Chief Insp Paul Harker said: "Two men have been arrested and are currently helping police with their enquiries. We are treating the death as suspicious and are keen to hear from anyone who was in Forster Street yesterday and last night who may have heard or seen anything unusual or untoward."

Anyone with any information is asked to call 0345-6060365 or Crimestoppers on 0800-555111.

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Comments(9)

rossco10 says...
12:23pm Fri 21 Nov 08

I realise the police have a job to do but is it actually necessary to cordon off an entire street and two lanes when a body is discovered in a house? This never used to happen in the 50s, 60s, 70s or 80s so why now? It disrupts many people's lives for what seems no advantage for the police in their investigation. Do they do it simply because like so much these days they have the power to do it?

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Big Dave says...
1:10pm Fri 21 Nov 08

rossco, you're an utter fool. The area's sealed off and forensically searched until such a time as it's deemed clear to reopen. Areas were always cordoned off when dealing with such incidents, even back in the times you mentioned. Forensic advances have lead to a greater detection rate and as such, a requirement to such a larger area in the hope of finding a vital piece of evidence.
How awful that you should be inconvienienced when someone's son, brother, friend or relative has died in suspicious circumstances. I guarantee that were the same to happen to a member of your family, you'd want the police to do everything in their power to find those responsible. Idiot

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harry2 says...
1:48pm Fri 21 Nov 08

if we have a killer here then they had to leave the house and i guess this is why they surround the house and streets around to see if thye might find a weapon or other clues.
does noone watch csi lol

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NOTODDEN says...
2:19pm Fri 21 Nov 08

Rossco - Bid Dave says it all. This is a possible murder or manslaughter. Its unbelievable that you can think like this. You should be ashamed.

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richinbish says...
2:23pm Fri 21 Nov 08

harry2 wrote:
if we have a killer here then they had to leave the house and i guess this is why they surround the house and streets around to see if thye might find a weapon or other clues. does noone watch csi lol
Don't miss an episode LOL

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rossco10 says...
2:51pm Fri 21 Nov 08

I understood this forum did not allow abusive posts.
The reason I asked the question is I have been past the area four times and have yet to see any sign of any forensic teams working in any of the sealed off streets. And no they did not seal off entire streets in previous decades. At most it would be the property concerned.

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boxbuster says...
3:47pm Fri 21 Nov 08

i live in forster street and think the street should be closed off! the person responsable needs to be found.
the police have a job to do and we should let them get on with it.

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Big Dave says...
4:01pm Fri 21 Nov 08

Sorry they're not working to your liking rossco. Perhaps next time, any serious incidents could be arranged around your schedule so as to minimise disruption

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cr16v says...
5:17pm Fri 21 Nov 08

my family live next door to the house in question as have i in the past, as we dont know yet the name of the man that was found dead i dontnt feel rite to say much at this time, all i will say is that rossco must of had his eyes closed when he was walking past as when i went to the house earlier today i had to be escorted to the door so that i wouldnt disturb the crime scene officers or contaminate any area that hadnt yet been searched.

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