A Dunedin state house which this month became a crime scene linked to a murder inquiry has been blessed and may soon host a new tenant. Meanwhile, flowers have been placed under a tree beside a gravel road north of Waitati where a body was discovered last week. Police and forensic experts converged on the Housing New Zealand flat in Lock St, in St Clair, on Sunday last week after neighbours discovered what they said was a grisly crime scene inside. Housing New Zealand (HNZ) area manager Gill Brown said staff had been working closely with tenants and neighbours in Lock St following the ''tragic incident''. Two neighbours told the ODT they discovered a bloody crime scene inside 47 Lock St after which forensic experts spent much of last week working inside the cordoned-off flat.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 26, 2019 15:33 UTC