Police are probing the unexplained death.
A man’s body was found dead in a street in a South Lanarkshire village.
Police were called to the Hope Road area of Kirkmuirhill in the early hours of Sunday morning.
A 39-year-old man was found dead at around 3am. Police are treating the death as unexplained and his next of kin are aware.
Enquiries to establish the full circumstances are ongoing.
Detectives were seen conducting door-to-door enquiries on Sunday. A large section of the residential street remains cordoned off.
Officers and marked police cars have been situated at either end of the cordon. A uniformed officer could also been seen stationed outside of a property on the road.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 3.30am on Sunday, 1 March, 2026, police received a report of the death of a 39-year-old man in the Hope Road area of Kirkmuirhill. Next of kin are aware and the death is being treated as unexplained. Enquiries to establish the full circumstances are ongoing and there remains a police presence in the area.”
The incident comes months after 30-year-old Scott Boyd was pronounced dead in a street in the village. Another man aged 35 was also found injured beside Scott and treated in hospital before being released.
Sean McIntyre, 35, was arrested and charged with murder after Scott was found on August 17.
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