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A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed to death in Greater Manchester. | A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed to death in Greater Manchester. |
Amy Leigh Barnes, 19, was found after police were called to a house in Moss Street, Farnworth, on Saturday morning and died later in hospital. | |
A 21-year-old man was arrested in the West Midlands on Saturday night. | |
A statement issued by Miss Barnes' family said she was "a very special person and much loved by all her family and friends, of which there were many". | |
The statement said: "We, as a family, are absolutely distraught and destroyed more than words can say. | |
"Words cannot express the pain we are in. We loved our baby so much, she was our reason for living. She was the most beautiful princess. | |
"We will not rest until justice has been done for our gorgeous daughter." | |
The arrested man was transferred to Manchester for questioning on Sunday. |