A body was found lying near a bridge just yards away from a kids' playground in Bewbush.
Police believe the unidentified man died after hanging himself from a footbridge bridge using a car tow rope.
The bloody rope could still be seen dangling from the footbridge that spans the A2220 between Bewbush Leisure Centre and Buchan Park.
An early morning dog walker discovered the body behind the leisure centre, Breezehurst Lane, at 7.45am on Tuesday (September 30).
Eye witness, Lee Turnbull, 35, arrived just after grizzly scene was uncovered.
The builder said: "The body was so pale I thought it was a dummy or something. Then I got closer and could see it was real."
Police sealed off part of the playing fields behind the leisure centre and blocked both ends of the footbridge over the A2220 Horsham Road for more than two hours.
Forensic officers examined the scene before the body was removed at around 10.30am.
A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said: "Police are currently in the vicinity of Bewbush Leisure Centre on Breezehurst Drive after a man's body was discovered near a footbridge at around 8am this morning."
Police are not treating the death as suspicious.
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