The discovery of a dead body on Mitcham Common yesterday afternoon is being treated as non-suspicious by police.
A dog walker is believed to have discovered the body of a man in bushes close to the junction of Cedars Avenue and Commonside East.
5.56pm Wednesday: 'Unexplained' death of a man on Mitcham Common not a murder said police
4.15pm Wednesday: Dead body found on Mitcham Common
London Ambulance sent a car to the Common just before 1pm yesterday.
A spokeswoman said: "Sadly a person was dead at the scene."
Police cordoned off entrances to the Common last night while forensics examined the scene.
A police spokesman said this morning the body has yet to be formally identified. Enquiries are ongoing to contact the next of kin.
Four police vans and a police car were parked along Cedars Avenue last night but the roads remained open.
Police have since left the scene and the Common has been reopened.
The body was found near the junction of Commonside East and Cedars Avenue.
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