A post-mortem has been carried out which showed Ms Duckmanton had extensive burns from a fire that had been lit. Ms Duckmanton's cousin Tracey Lee McGrath, 40, described Ms Duckmanton as being "really bubbly, really happy, a lovely girl". Police are now appealing for sightings of Ms Duckmanton over the weekend. Police are investigating whether a young woman's role as a sex worker is connected to her death after her burnt body was found on a rural Canterbury road. Investigators have ruled out a link between a series of fires in the region and Ms Duckmanton's death.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 17, 2016 02:41 UTC