A coroner’s investigation has been launched in Banbury, Oxfordshire, after the physique of a person was discovered at a main college on New 12 months’s Day.
Thames Valley Police reported the invention of a physique at St Leonard’s Faculty within the hamlet of Grimsbury, close to Banbury, which had been closed for the Christmas holidays.
Police mentioned that the loss of life was not being handled as suspicious however the reason for loss of life was up to now unexplained.
Officers discovered the person’s physique and forensic specialists had been referred to as to the scene to hold our preliminary inquiries.
The physique of a person was discovered at St Leonard’s Faculty (pictured) in Grimsbury, close to Banbury, Oxfordshire, on New 12 months’s Day
A spokesman for Thames Valley Police, which covers Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, mentioned: ‘A person’s physique has been discovered within the grounds of a Banbury college. The person’s loss of life is being handled as unexplained however not suspicious.’
Forensics officers arrived at St Leonard’s Faculty in the course of the mid-afternoon on New 12 months’s Day.
A blue forensic tent was erected and the highway exterior the college cordoned off.
Police are treating the loss of life as ‘unexplained however not suspicious’ and a submit mortem might be carried out at Horton Normal Hospital (pictured)
No particulars of the person who died or the reason for his loss of life have been launched up to now. Unconfirmed reviews recommended that it was being handled as a possible suicide.
The person’s physique was taken to Horton Normal Hospital mortuary the place a submit mortem examination to ascertain the precise reason for loss of life might be carried out by a pathologist.
Oxfordshire coroner Darren Salter will open an inquest into the loss of life later within the week.
