Murder arrest made after missing man found dead in Bristol

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a missing man in Bristol.

The victim in his 50s was found at a property on Bath Road in Longwell Green, where a cordon is in place.

His death is currently being treated as suspicious, with forensic postmortem examination to try to establish his cause of death due to take place later this week.

A 73-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody while officers await the results of the postmortem and other enquiries are carried out.

Avon & Somerset Police detective Inspector Lee Stefano said the incident is being treated as suspicious due to the gap between the man's death and it being reported.

He said: “While the formal identification process has not yet been carried out, we believe the man who sadly died had been reported as missing to us on Friday (January 12) after he hadn’t been seen for three days.

“Officers were actively searching for him when we received the call informing us of his death.

“Early indications are the man may have sadly died some days ago and the delay in which this was reported to us is one of the reasons why we are treating his death as suspicious.

“The forensic postmortem will be key in helping us to understand how he died and whether or not there was any third party involvement.

“While we’re treating the death as suspicious, we continue to keep an open mind about what happened.

“The man’s family will be kept informed about our investigation and we’re thinking of them at this sad time.”

A car, which police believe belonged to the deceased, has also been recovered on Ellacombe Road, off Bath Road, for examination.

House-to-house enquiries will be carried out as part of the investigation, police say, along with a review of CCTV and doorbell footage from the area.