The family of 'kind hearted' Glenn Quinn have thanked "the good people of Carrickfergus " for their love and support following his death.
The 47-year-old died after "sustaining blunt force trauma" at his Ashleigh Park flat in the town's Woodburn area on January 4.
Police are treating Glenn's death as murder and are probing possible links to loyalist paramilitaries.
Following a vigil for the "true gentleman", Glenn's family said the local community's "kindness and prayers truly have meant so much".
They said in a statement released through the PSNI : "The entire Quinn family would like to thank the good people of Carrickfergus for all of the overwhelming support and love that has been shown to them.
"Over the past week since Glenn's murder your kindness and prayers truly have meant so much to them.
"Glenn was a Carrick man through and through, he was a granda, husband, son, brother and uncle who showed nothing but kindness to everyone he met. Glenn hated to see anyone enduring any form of hardship and would have gone out of his way to help anyone, he was just a true gentleman.
"We fully support the on-going police investigation and would ask anyone who has any information relating to Glenn's murder to search their hearts and come forward to the PSNI.
"Our town does not want to see this happen to another one of their loved ones.
"Once again we offer our heartfelt thanks at this difficult time.
"The Quinn family."
Two men and a woman were arrested by officers investigating the death, but subsequently released on police bail.
Hundreds turned out to pay their respects to Glenn in a vigil at Castle Green, Carrickfergus last night.
It marked a week since his suspected murder.
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