Death of man found by row of houses remains unexplained
THE death of a man whose body was found behind a row of houses is still being investigated.
Emergency services were called to the Griffin Estate in Burnley on Wednesday morning after receiving reports that a body had been found just off Accrington Road.
A Home Office post-mortem has now been conducted and failed to establish a cause of death.
A police spokesman confirmed that further tests will be conducted in due course an that the death is currently being treated as unexplained.
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