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Police in Southampton get more time to quiz murder suspect | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
Murder detectives have been granted more time to question a suspect over the death of a man whose body was found in woodland. | |
Police began searching for a 66-year-old man from Southampton after he disappeared on Thursday. | |
Officers discovered the body on Saturday evening off Cemetery Road on Southampton Common. | |
The 34-year-old man in custody is among seven people from Southampton who have been arrested on suspicion of murder. | |
Earlier police said the other six suspects had been released pending further inquiries. | |
They include five men, aged 20, 23, 24, 25 and 36, and a 31-year-old woman. | |
An area of the common remains cordoned off while police continue to search through undergrowth. | |
Detectives have appealed for people who were in the area of Cemetery Road from the early hours of Thursday to 17:00 GMT on Saturday to come forward. |