A second man has been arrested as a part of investigations into the alleged "stabbing murder" of a Sanctuary Point man earlier this year.
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A 41-year-old man was arrested on Friday morning, October 22, after a search warrant was executed at a Nowra home.
During a subsequent search of the property, detectives seized a vehicle and clothing which will undergo further forensic examination.
He was taken to Nowra Police Station on Friday morning where he is expected to be charged with murder.
It is alleged the Sanctuary Point army veteran, David McArthur, 49, was stabbed to death at Sanctuary Point on Sunday, July 25.
Emergency services were called to a caravan park on Ethel Street in the South Coast town at 8pm following reports of a stabbing.
Upon arrival, police entered a cabin and located a man with a stab wound to his chest.
Despite attempts at CPR, the man could not be revived and died at the scene.
Initial inquiries were conducted by South Coast Police District officers before detectives from the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad took carriage of the investigation under Strike Force Frawley.
Detectives attended a correctional facility at Silverwater on Wednesday, October 20, where they charged a Nowra man, Raymond Allen, 39, with murder.
Allen remains in custody and is due to appear at Nowra Local Court in December.
More to come.
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