A DEAD man’s lifestyle may provide vital clues to the identity of his killer, detectives say.

Police admit they know little about Kim Driver, who was stabbed to death at his home on Crawthorne Crescent in Deighton.

The 52-year-old, who was thought to have had drug and mental health problems, was found by a neighbour in the lounge of his flat at about 5pm on Wednesday.

Det Supt Paul Taylor, from West Yorkshire Police’s homicide and major enquiry team (HMET) is now asking for anyone who knew him to help piece together his final movements.

He said: “Details of his life are very sketchy. We know he lived alone but lots of other people must know much more about him.

“We want to know about activity in the area, we want to know about suspicious vehicles, we want to know about suspicious activity.

“If we can find out about Mr Driver’s lifestyle, perhaps we can find out how he met his death.”

It is believed a neighbour walked past Mr Driver’s flat on Wednesday afternoon and saw him lying on the floor covered in blood.

Officers arrived and taped off a large section of Crawthorne Crescent while forensic experts searched for evidence.

The body was removed in the early hours of Thursday.

A post-mortem was due to be completed today to determine exactly how Mr Driver died.

There had been suggestions Mr Driver had recently come into money. There were no signs of a break-in on the night his body was found.

Det Supt Taylor said: “We like these rumours coming out of the community, because it gives us lines of inquiry.

“If people have heard rumours, whether it’s about coming into money or whatever, just give us a ring and tell us about it.

“Deighton is a very safe community and I’m sure people here are horrified by what’s happened. To stop anything like this happening again, we need to get to the bottom of it.”

The detective said the last confirmed sighting of Mr Driver was on Saturday night.

He added: “We need to close the gap between Saturday evening and Wednesday night. Who saw him, what was he doing and who was he with?

“We don’t know a great deal about Mr Driver at this time and we want friends, neighbours and relatives to ring the police and fill in the gaps in our knowledge.”

Neighbours said Mr Driver was known to have a drug and alcohol addiction.

Christine Scott, 59, who saw him alive as recently as Tuesday, said: “He would call the police out because he was hallucinating.

“One time he told me to call the police because there were four or five men in the house trying to rob him.

“He was crying out for help. It’s sad.”

Mrs Scott said Mr Driver had spent a period in St Luke’s hospital in Crosland Moor.

But she added: “He was very friendly with me, always polite when I saw him. It’s normally quiet around here. It’s a shock.”

Her son, John Nelson, added: “He had a few episodes, where he was taking drugs and hallucinating.

“You could tell he was lonely.”

Another neighbour, David Stocks, said: “He went a bit funny when he was on something.

“He would play music quite loud, but I didn’t really have much to do with him.”

Anyone with information should contact Huddersfield CID, quoting Operation Pickworth, via 0845 6060606 or call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.