Search continues for suspect in West Sussex murder investigation

A 24 year-old man died in a stabbing incident yesterday evening.

Author: Lettie BuxtonPublished 28th Oct 2020
Last updated 28th Oct 2020

Police are continuing to search for a suspect after a man died after being stabbed in West Sussex.

The 24 year-old man died in an incident in Crawley yesterday evening (27 October).

Sussex Police has said detectives are confident the incident is confined to the two people, who were known to each other.

Officers are not currently seeking anyone else in connection with it.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information about it is asked to report it online or call 101 quoting Operation Parkhead.

The force has also confirmed this incident is not being linked to the discovery on Wednesday morning of a man's body found in woodland off nearby Marion Road.

This is currently being treated as unexplained.