Four on bail over bonfire body

Four people arrested in connection with the unexplained death of a man found lying on a bonfire have been released on bail.

David Paul Langdon, 40, was found on the bonfire in the garden of his cottage in Wormelow, Herefordshire, just before 8pm on Thursday.

The results of a post-mortem examination by a Home Office pathologist were inconclusive and the investigation has yet to determine the cause of death.

Detectives will continue with their inquiries and appealed for information about Mr Langdon's movements in the days leading up to his death.

Officers said Mr Langdon was missing since August 4.

Forensic searches of the cottage and house-to-house inquiries in the area have been carried out, while police also sealed off an address in the nearby village of Much Birch where a forensic search took place.

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