SA Police investigate discovery of man's body in Avenue Rd, Paradise Police investigate the discovery of a body at Paradise. Pic: Greg Higgs Source: News Limited POLICE are investigating the discovery of a man's body in the front yard of a Paradise home this morning. They have established a large cordon around the body, which appears to have suffered serious trauma. State Emergency Service volunteers are helping police scour the scene for evidence. Neighbours say they are shocked at the discovery of a body in their usually-quiet Paradise street. Pic: Greg Higgs Major Crime detectives are also on the scene to assist but they are not yet leading the investigation. A media conference is scheduled to held at 1pm at the scene with Major Crime officers. Avenue Rd has been blocked to all traffic and motorists are urged to avoid the area. Detectives at the scene where a body has been found in a Paradise street. Picture: Greg Higgs Earlier this morning Eastern Adelaide CIB Detective Inspector Michael Fisher said police were keeping an open mind in the early stages of the investigation. "A situation where a (dead) male person is found on the side of the road is suspicious by nature," he said. A couple of tents have been put up to preserve the scene to make sure that we don't lose any evidence that may assist. Police at the scene at Paradise where a man's body has been found in a street. Neighbours on the street are assisting us with our investigation. Det-Insp Fisher could not say whether it was likely the man had only recently died when emergency services were called about 6.15am, or if he had died earlier. A blood trail on Avenue Rd, which also stretches into Urban Ave, has been marked out with cones. A resident who lives near the crime scene said she did not hear anything overnight but her security sensor light went off about 2am or 3am this morning. "My light goes off quite often, I didn't think much of it," she said. It's very scary ... nothing like that happens here. The woman, who did not want to be named, said she also lost power for a period last night. Avenue Rd resident Sunny Singh said he had lived on the street for about five years and never expected to see this morning's scene. "I feel a bit nervous now," he said. I never heard anything...but now I've heard that (a man has died) it's hard to believe something was happening in my street. I live in Paradise but it was hell last night. Stephine Ciccarello said relatives of hers, including grandparents, live near where the man's body was found. She said they heard what sounded like an argument and a scuffle or someone crawling about 5.30-6am. "They just heard a bit of arguing," Ms Ciccarello said. They are up early hours of the morning.