Barnby: Man's Body Found

11 September 2012, 15:02 | Updated: 11 September 2012, 15:05

Police are investigating after the body of a man was found on farmland at Barnby near Lowestoft in Suffolk.

Suffolk Police were called by a member of the public just after 9am with a report that a man’s body had been found.

At this stage, as is standard procedure, the death is being treated as unexplained but there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances.

Although formal identification has not yet taken place it is believed that the man found is Francisco Assuncao from Ipswich who has been missing since Monday 3 September.

His next of kin have been informed.