A 38-year-old man wanted for a murder and a stabbing has been found dead in a river.
Miguel Angel Alvarez Florentino was publicly named by police as a suspect in the knife attack on two women in eastBut on Friday evening, detectives discovered his body in a river near Blaker Road, in Stratford, east London.Florentino was wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing Yolanda Saldana Feliz, 53, and over the non-fatal knifing of an unnamed 30-year-old woman, in Newham on Sunday, October 23.
The two victims, who knew the suspect, were found injured at a house in Windmill Lane at around 3.30am. Officers then took the unusual step of publicly naming Florentino as the suspect, while launching a manhunt to find him.The scene in Newham, where the two women were found with stab wounds at around 3.35am on Sunday morning
The Metropolitan Police say that at around 7.30pm on Friday, it became aware of the body of a man in a river.While formal identification is yet to take place, the Met says it is confident it is the body of Florentino.
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