Murder Investigation Launched, Hyde Park

    Detectives have launched a murder investigation after the body of a 24-year-old man was found in a property in Hyde Park on Thursday.

    At 2.48pm on Thursday (17/11) officers attended an address in St John's Close, Hyde Park, after concerns were raised for the man living there. They found the 24-year-old man dead inside the flat. 

    His death is being treated as murder and an investigation is being carried out by detectives from West Yorkshire Police Homicide and Major Enquiry Team. 

    The man was last seen by friends in early November, but has not yet been formally identified.  

    Enquiries are ongoing and detectives would like to hear from anyone who witnessed anything suspicious in the area since the beginning of November or who has any information that could assist the investigation. 

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