Man dressed in designer suit found dead in a Melbourne park

A MAN dressed in a designer suit and expensive shoes has been found dead at the end of a blood trail in a Melbourne park.

A MAN dressed in a designer suit and expensive shoes has been found dead at the end of a blood trail in a Melbourne park.

His body was found near the Dunstan Reserve sports pavilion in Brunswick West by a resident on Monday morning and police were treating the death as a homicide.

The victim, aged in his mid-30s to mid-50s, was found wearing an Ermenegildo Zegna suit and expensive shoes. The brand of suit he was wearing can cost up to $5000.

Detective Senior Sergeant Stephen McIntyre said the man was thought to have been assaulted in the car park, possibly with a knife, sometime between 4pm on Sunday and Monday morning.

“We have a blood trail that leads from the car park to where the body has been located,” Detective Senior Sergeant McIntyre said.

“The dress itself is quite unusual. It’s a quite expensive Zegna suit being worn over the top of a dark blue-coloured T-shirt.”

Police and State Emergency Services at the scene where a man's body was found at a reserve in Melbourne. Picture: AAP Image/Georgie Moore

It was not clear whether the man was dragged into the park or made it there under his own steam from the car park, Detective Senior Sergeant McIntyre said. The victim, of southern European appearance, has not been formally identified. His body was removed from the park, which remained cordoned off on Monday afternoon ahead of a post-mortem.

Nearby resident Andrew Riddell told the Herald Sun he found the man after going into his backyard.

“I went into my backyard to have a look into the park — then I saw the man lying there about 2m in front of me,” he said.

“He was just lying there all alone with the suit jacket pulled up over his head, completely uncovered.

“It looked like he was put there.”

Detective Senior Sergeant McIntyre said the sports pavilion was broken into on Sunday night but could not say whether this was connected to the homicide. A window was kicked in but nothing appeared to have been stolen. Brunswick City Soccer Club, which is based in the reserve, had games at the ground until 5pm on Sunday.

The club cancelled its training for Monday night.