Update on investigation into death of man in Stroud

A post-mortem examination has returned inconclusive results about the cause of death of a man following an incident in Stroud over the weekend.

Police were called shortly before 6am on Sunday 22 January with a report a man had been found unresponsive in the car park of Tesco superstore on Stratford Road.

He was subsequently taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital by paramedics and died later that day.

Further testing will need to be carried out to determine the cause of death and a police investigation is ongoing.

Formal identification of the deceased man, who was aged in his 60s, is due to take place tomorrow (Thursday 26 January).

A 40-year-old woman who had been arrested in connection with the man’s death is now on police bail.

Anyone with information on what took place is asked to contact police online by completing the following form quoting incident 78 of 22 January: https://www.gloucestershire.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/cor/tell-us-about-existing-case-report/ 

You can also call police on 101.

Information can be submitted anonymously by calling independent crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online here: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information/forms/give-information-anonymously