The parents of murder victim Kevin Fletcher - who found his body in his Armagh home - are struggling to cope with their loss, relatives have told UTV.
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The 32-year-old, who had a history of mental illness, was found dead at an apartment at Castle Street in the city just before midday on Friday.
A post-mortem has been carried out. Police have not yet confirmed how Kevin was killed, but the family understand he was stabbed.
Kevin was last seen on Thursday evening when his father left him home, after he spent the night out playing bingo with his mother.
Kevin's parents and girlfriend found him the next day on a sofa, covered in blood.
His cousin, Cornelius Nixon, said the family has been very badly affected.
"The mother's being sedated here regularly," he told UTV. "She's in a bad way and his father is in a bad way too.
"It was a horrendous thing for them. They knew right away he was dead by the amount of blood that was about him once they found him."
Mr Nixon said Kevin was a quiet man who rarely went out, but was well-known by people in the local area.
"Kevin kept himself to himself, he had a small circle of friends," he said. "But anybody in the Armagh area would have known Kevin, he would be well enough known."
Marcella, Kevin's aunt, described the devastation of Kevin's parents, who have lost their only child.
"It's a big shock to everybody, especially his parents," she said. "He was their only child and they're devastated.
"As a nephew we all loved him a lot. It's so hard to believe he was murdered."
Police are keen to hear from anyone who was in contact with the victim between 10.30pm on Thursday 2 September when he came back from and 11.45am on Friday 3 September when he was found at his home.
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