Body found in manhunt for suspect linked to double attempted murder on Christmas Eve
Police searching for a suspect following a Christmas Eve stabbing in Co Down have recovered a body.Officers had been searching for 54-year-old Jonathan Baker since Wednesday.A man and woman were injured in the attack in the Chippendale Avenue area of Bangor on Wednesday.Both were taken to hospital with serious injuries and have now been discharged.Police are treating the incident as attempted murder.Read morePolice name suspect at centre of three-day manhunt after double attempted murderThe suspect, who was armed with a hammer and a knife, had been at large since, with the public being warned not to approach him.Earlier today the PSNI released a further image of the man they wish to speak to.However, in a further update tonight, the PSNI said a body had been found.A spokesperson said: “Police investigating the attempted murder of two people in Bangor on Wednesday, December 24 have located the body of a man.“Formal identification will take place in due course.”The top crime stories of 2025 Earlier this week a local councillor said there was a sense of fear in the community.Independent Unionist Wesley Irvine, who lives near the scene, said the incident had changed the mood in the area at Christmas.“It stokes a bit of fear among people and people are wary about rapping doors until such time as they can apprehend him,” he said.Read morePSNI investigating sexual assault of two females as man arrested ‘within minutes’“On Christmas Day there were a lot of people travelling from house to house to see family and friends and there is certainly some fear about.“It certainly came as a big surprise, I live not far from Chippendale Avenue, it’s a quiet residential area of established family homes and people would be long established in the area.”Mr Irvine added: “It certainly came as a big shock and not the sort of thing you would think would happen in that area.”
