Alkimos: Further suspects ruled out after man’s body found in garage

Police are still investigating the cause of death of a man whose body was found at an Alkimos home on Saturday.

Detectives were called to the house on Minoan Way around 6.20am after the man was found dead, his body understood to have been discovered in the garage.

Deputy Police Commissioner Allan Adams said there was a “solid contingent” of homicide squad and local detectives working to determine the man’s cause of death.

“To those neighbors in the vicinity who have concerns, be assured that the police are taking this extremely seriously (which is) evidenced by the number of officers there and are very hopeful of coming to a resolution in the short term,” he said.

Police said on Saturday they were not looking for anyone else in relation to death and there was no threat to the community.

A woman aged in her 20s was taken into custody and questioned by police.

“There is a person helping police with their investigations but again, there’s still a fair bit of work to be done to determine exactly what’s occurred at that scene,” Mr Adams said.

The woman’s relationship with the man is not yet known, however neighbors said a couple lived at the house.

No charges have been laid.

Officer in charge of Clarkson Police Station Steve Leach said on Saturday “any death in the community is a shock and a tragedy”.

“I would like to express our condolences to the friends and family of the deceased man.”