A murder investigation has been launched by detectives after the death a week ago today of a pensioner aged 75, police have revealed. The man has been named by Greater Manchester Police as Geoffrey Ives.
The force said officers were called to an address on Hardfield Street in Heywood, Rochdale, after 'reports of concern for the welfare' of a man there. Mr Ives was pronounced dead at the scene last Sunday and an investigation was launched.
GMP said today - Sunday - that 'inquiries have since established that his death could be suspicious'. No arrests have been made as yet and the force is appealing for anyone with information to come forward.