Cook Islands mother Cindy George and her three kids found dead in an Ashburton house
Cindy Tangipurunga George, 31, and her three kids – daughter, Pio Scarlet Jetejura Raukete, 5, and her sons, Teuruaa Junior George, 3, and Telyzshaun Gordon Ricardo Nelder Kruz George, 2 – could have been dead for up to a week before they were found, police said.
RIP. Cindy George and her three children, Teuruaa, Telyzshaun and Pio. Source: unknown/ via stuff.nz.
Police allege that Ms. George and her children died from the fumes of a car left running in a garage to keep the battery “ticking over”.
Family grieves after murder of ‘dear dad’
Hudson Garratt, 67, was stabbed to death at his home in the Wellington suburb of Johnsonville on Wednesday night (1 July 2015). The 25 year-old female attacker also stabbed four other people, including a 9-year-old boy and a neighbour, police said. Read the story.
RIP. Hudson Garratt. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother. Photo supplied/ via NZ police.
Ema Louise McGeown, 27, killed in a car crash near Hampden, Omaru
The 27-year-old Oamaru woman was killed in a crash off State Highway 1, near Hampden, just after 12am on Friday (3 July 2015).
RIP. Ema Louise McGeown, 27, was a “talented footballer,” said her friends.
Sophie Langston, 28, killed in a tragic car crash
Sophie Langston, 28, was killed when the car she and her partner were traveling in collided with another vehicle south of Turangi about 1pm on Tuesday (30 June 2015). The couple were returning home to Auckland from the funeral of an older half-sister’s mother.
RIP. Sophie, left, and her twin sister Laura.
Wellington Harbour Body Identified
Police are in the process of contacting next of kin.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/wellington-harbour-body-identified
Charges laid in Waldronville murder
Police say they have now formally charged a 22 year-old man with murder in relation to the death of Vicki Lee Warrington at a Waldronville address in Dunedin.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/fatal-motor-vehicle-crash-sh1-hampden-update
Murder charge after Nelson man dies following serious assault
Bruce Andrew Mortimer, a 46 year-old Nelson man, died in hospital after a serious assault in the early hours of Saturday morning at Franklyn Village in Nelson. The victim who suffered a serious head injury in the incident had been transferred to Wellington Hospital where he died. The investigation into the incident is now a homicide inquiry, police said.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/man-dies-after-nelson-assault