Karen Cummings, Banbridge: Two men arrested on suspicion of murder after death of woman in Co Down

The 40-year-old was found unconscious after suffering a serious head injury inside a house in the Laurel Heights area of Banbridge on Saturday evening.

Treatment was provided at the scene but Ms Cummings was pronounced dead a short time later and a 42-year-old man was arrested at the scene.

A second man in his 30s was detained on Sunday afternoon when he presented himself at a police cordon outside St Patrick’s cemetery on the Dromore Road in Banbridge after emerging from a nearby farmyard.

Ms Cummings, who was a children’s nurse in Daisy Hill Hospital, has been described as both a “cherished daughter” and “beautiful soul”.

Social media tributes said she was a “beautiful angel” and a lovely person”.

One tribute read: “RIP to this beautiful soul. My heart is so sore right now. Karen Cummings was one of the best girls I’ve ever met… thinking of her family and her friends right now.”

Another said: “Feels like it was only yesterday since you sat in my car and had a…