Jarrod Mangels has been granted parole by the New Zealand Parole Board, and will be released to live and work in Christchurch. He was jailed in 2004 for the murder of Maureen McKinnel, who was strangled in Arrowtown on or about Boxing Day in 1987. McKinnel Family/Supplied Maureen McKinnel was strangled in her Arrowtown house late on Boxing Day, 1987, or in the early hours of the next morning. Sonia Gerken/Stuff Maureen McKinnel's headstone at the Charlton Park cemetery near Gore. Peter Meecham/Stuff The Arrow River Bridge where Maureen McKinnel's body was found in 1987.

Source: Stuff March 09, 2021 01:39 UTC