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Murder inquiry after body found Murder inquiry after body found
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Police are investigating the murder of a 29-year-old man on the Gurnos estate in Merthyr Tydfil. Police investigating the murder of a 29-year-old man in Merthyr Tydfil have named him as Craig Thompson.
His body was found in Lavender Road early on Friday. Detectives are carrying out house to house enquiries in the Lavender Road area of the Gurnos estate after the body was found there early on Friday.
South Wales Police say a local man has been arrested. Police said a man of 51 is in custody and is being questioned over the death which is being treated as murder.
Forensic officers are examining the scene. They are appealing for information about a disturbance on a Lavender Road house between midnight and 0130 GMT.
More to follow... Forensic tests are still being carried out and a Home Office pathologist will carry out a post mortem examination later on Friday to try to establish the exact cause of death.