A body found on the driveway of a property near Darwin has been identified as an 18-year-old man who was a resident of the same suburb.
On Saturday, Northern Territory Police set up a crime scene in the Palmerston suburb of Driver, about a 20-minute drive east of Darwin, after being notified of the body at about 6:15am.
In a statement that afternoon, a police spokesman said the man's death was being treated as suspicious.
A crime scene was in place throughout Saturday and into Sunday, as detectives from the Major Crash Unit investigated.
At a press conference on Sunday afternoon, NT Police Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Paul Morrissey said police had identified the man as an 18-year-old Driver resident.
"The male has since been identified and family notified," he said.
"He's a resident of the suburb, but he certainly wasn't near his house."
He also said an initial examination showed the man had suffered head trauma.
An autopsy of the man's body was due to be conducted on Sunday afternoon.
The house the man's body had been found outside of appeared to be a vacant property, Acting Senior Sergeant Morrissey said.
He said police believed the man had died at the scene sometime after midnight.
NT Police are continuing to appeal for any information from members of the public that could help their investigation.
"The incident has generated a lot of attention," Acting Senior Sergeant Morrissey said.
"We've got a lot of information coming in, and we’re trying to assess that material."
A crime scene was still in place in Driver on Sunday.
