LONDON, ONT. Members of the London Police Services Emergency Response Unit have arrested a man wanted for second-degree murder in a stabbing death in east London. On Monday night police responded to an address on Hilton Place and found a man who had been stabbed. Alex Pacheco, 28, was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Following an investigation police charged two men with second-degree murder. Jessie Aaron McConnell was arrested soon after the stabbing but a second suspect, Jonathon Ysebaert, 27, remained at large. Thursday night police caught up with Ysebaert in Mitchell and placed him under arrest.
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Charges against a man in a fatal London stabbing have stirred memories of a notorious crime for which he was previously convicted – the brutal beating of a downtown-area shopkeeper.
Jessie Aaron McConnell, 26, is charged with second-degree murder in the homicide of Alex Pacheco, a construction worker and young father of two who was killed Monday night, London police say.
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The homicide comes four years after a 2017 attack on Rajaie (Roger) El Shorafa, who was badly beaten outside his store, Horton Variety at 216 Horton St. El Shorafa suffered life-threatening head injuries on the evening of Oct. 21, 2017 after asking a group of people who were blocking his store’s entrance to move.
LONDON, ONT. A 28-year-old London man is dead following an assault and stabbing in east London Monday night and two people have now been charged with second-degree murder. Police were called to an address on Hilton Place, a residential street near Dundas Street and Clarke Road, after a man was assaulted and stabbed. According to police the stabbing occurred around 9 p.m. Emergency crews arrived and the victim was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. He has been identified as 28-year-old Alex Eduardo Pacheco.
Alex Pacheco, 28, is seen in this undated photo. (Source: Alex Pacheco / Facebook)