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Body found at Southland Shopping Centre Carpark

3 October 2024

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A crime scene is set up at a popular Melbourne shopping centre on Thursday morning after the discovery of a man’s body in a car park.

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A member of the public found the man’s body at Westfield Southland Shopping Centre about 5:30am today, Thursday 3 October 2024 and called emergency services.

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Police cordoned off the area before the shopping centre opened. The Toorak Times sent our chief crime reporter and lead photographer, Lord Murray Schoorman to the scene.

In a statement, police confirmed the man’s body was found in a shopping centre on Chesterville Road in Cheltenham. The death appeared to be non-suspicious. The carpark will be re-opened once evidence is collected, photographed and Police will prepare a report for the Coroner.

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