Adelaide killing a brutal attack: police A MAN found dead on a suburban street in Adelaide may have been ambushed on his way home from work, police say. Details of how the man died have not been released but Detective Inspector Greg Hutchins said the killing was "quite brutal" and had been declared a major crime. The body was found by a motorist in Avenue Road at Paradise at about 6.15am (CST) on Friday. "The person was in the debt recovery business and has links to criminal associates," Insp Hutchins told reporters at the scene. The dead man, aged in his early 30s, left work in the city at about 4.30am to return home. Insp Hutchins said the killing was not a random incident with police believing the victim was targeted.