POLICE are investigating the death of a man discovered outside Moredon care home Park Farm. 

The death is being treated as "unexplained". A post-mortem investigation ordered in the wake of the body's discovery has proven inconclusive, police say.

This is everything we know about the death: 

  • The man, who police say was in his 50s, was discovered before 7.30am on Monday morning outside Park Farm, on The Street.
  • South Western Ambulance service were called to the care home at 7.23am, with two rapid response vehicles and one double-crewed ambulance attending the scene.
  • According to passersby, unsuccessful attempts were made to resuscitate the man. It is understood that the man was not a resident at Park Farm.
  • Police were called to the scene at around 7.30am. One Moredon woman, 24, said: "There were so many sirens."

  • Officers taped off the area outside the front of Park Farm, with another officer left guarding a home further down The Street. 
  • Four Wiltshire Police forensic units arrived at Park Farm on Monday afternoon. 
  • Forensic officers, dressed in blue and white paper suits, collected a black walking stick and mobile phone from near a bench at the front of Park Farm. 
  • Another forensic officer could be seen photographing the front-door of the home further along The Street.

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  • Plain clothes police officers were also seen knocking on doors along the road. One woman - who lives near the house guarded by officers - said that detectives had been checking her CCTV.
  • A post mortem was ordered yesterday afternoon, however police said that this proved "inconclusive".
  • Police have ordered further forensic tests and appealed for information that could help "piece together the man's last known movements".
  •  Detective Inspector Paul Hacker said: "If anyone has any information in relation to this or heard or saw anything suspicious in the Locksgreen Crescent/The Street area last night or first thing this morning please contact Swindon CID on 101 or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."
  • Police officers remain at the scene.

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