WORKMEN carrying out ground development work at Ewood Park had a shock when they dug up the body of a young man.

Detectives investigating the grisly find on Nuttall Street believed the body may have lain undiscovered for up to 15 years.

A post-mortem examination was carried out by a Home Office Pathologist but it proved inconclusive.

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