Overview
- Officers responded to a report of concern for the welfare of a man in woodland off Old Durham Road shortly before 4pm on Tuesday.
- A man in his 50s was found deceased at the scene near the intersection with Split Crow Road and Shipcote Terrace.
- North East Ambulance Service sent a clinical team leader and a double-crewed ambulance after the 3.45pm call.
- A large cordon sealed a pathway and a small wooded area as officers searched the site, with forensic teams observed earlier.
- The scene was stood down later, the cordon was removed, and the man’s next of kin were informed.