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26/06/2012
Marble Arch Murder Victim Named
Detectives are continuing to appeal for witnesses and information following a central London murder.
Police were called at around 3.30am on Thursday 21 June, to reports of a body found at Marble Arch.
Mark Morrison was pronounced dead at the scene, a post-mortem examination gave cause of death as strangulation.
The 46-year-old, originally from Scotland, was understood to have been sleeping rough in London for some time. Officers are still trying to trace any next of kin.
DCI Nicola Wall, of the Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said: "Mr Morrison's body was found next to a bench under one of the arches at Marble Arch.
"He may have been killed at any point during the night, and we are still urgently appealing for anyone who may have seen an altercation or anything suspicious in the vicinity during Thursday night (20 June), into the early hours of Friday (21 June), to come forward."
(GK)
Police were called at around 3.30am on Thursday 21 June, to reports of a body found at Marble Arch.
Mark Morrison was pronounced dead at the scene, a post-mortem examination gave cause of death as strangulation.
The 46-year-old, originally from Scotland, was understood to have been sleeping rough in London for some time. Officers are still trying to trace any next of kin.
DCI Nicola Wall, of the Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said: "Mr Morrison's body was found next to a bench under one of the arches at Marble Arch.
"He may have been killed at any point during the night, and we are still urgently appealing for anyone who may have seen an altercation or anything suspicious in the vicinity during Thursday night (20 June), into the early hours of Friday (21 June), to come forward."
(GK)
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