Photo of Jonathon Ysebaert supplied by London police. Photo of Jonathon Ysebaert supplied by London police.
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Murder suspect arrested

A second suspect who was wanted in a stabbing death of a London man has been arrested.

London police announced on Friday that Jonathon Christopher Ysebaert, 27, was arrested Thursday night in Mitchell. He was wanted on a charge of second degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Alex Pacheco (shown below).

Photo of Alex Pacheco from Facebook.

The London man died in hospital Monday night after he was stabbed at a home on Hilton Place. Pacheco is the city's second homicide victim of 2021.

A 26-year-old man was arrested at the scene. Jessie Aaron McConnell is charged with second degree murder. Ysebaert faces the same charge.

Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to call the London Police Service at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent in online anonymously to London Elgin Middlesex Crime Stoppers.

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