Two men arrested after body found in suitcase in Kent woods

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man's body was discovered in a suitcase in a Kent woodland, following a police investigation that began at a property in southwest London. The Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrests and the grim discovery on Friday, July 10, 2026.

Officers were first called to an address on Kingfisher Court in Wimbledon, London, at approximately 10:55 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, following a report of a potential murder. Upon arrival, the property was empty, but police concluded someone had likely come to harm and launched an investigation.

The following day, police were notified that two men, aged 27 and 32, had attended Medway Police Station in Gillingham, Kent. They were arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody. Later on July 10, officers searching a wooded area in Borstal, Kent, found the body of a deceased man. The body was discovered inside a suitcase in the Borstal Recreation Ground, an area where a children's teddy bear hunt for a nursery fundraising event was taking place at the time.

One resident at the park described noticing a large suitcase covered in hundreds of flies, with a snow sledge beside it, before police...