Body found in garage may be linked to serious assault

Detectives investigating a serious assault in Harlow believe that a man found dead in a lock up garage may be connected to the incident.

The body of a 24-year-old man was discovered at about 10.40am on Saturday, January 22, 2011, when a local man went to put his car away in the garage on the Seymours estate.

A post mortem examination carried on Sunday January 23, showed that the dead man, who was from Lithuania, had suffered a head injury caused when he fell through the roof of the garage.

DCI Simon Parkes, of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: "The cause of death was a head injury but the death is being treated as unexplained because we do not know yet why the man was on the roof."

Police are now trying to establish whether the man had been involved in the assault at a house in Seymours at about 9pm on Friday night when a 23-year-old man received knife wounds to his face and shoulder. The injured man was treated in hospital but later discharged after treatment.

One man involved in the attack is described as being aged 21 or 22, about 6ft tall, with short blond hair and a spotty complexion. He was wearing a yellow top and blue jeans and was last seen jumping down from a roof and running along an alley alongside the garages.

Anyone with information about the assault and events before and after it, should contact detectives at Harlow CID on 0300 333 4444.