Ms Duckmanton's cousin Tracey Lee McGrath, 40, wasn't aware she was a sex worker until police told the family. Ms Duckmanton's killing is the fourth such slaying of a sex worker connected to Christchurch in recent years. Kirwee Volunteer Fire Brigade were rushing to reports of a scrub fire when they found Ms Duckmanton's body on Sunday evening. Ms Duckmanton's death will revive painful memories for sex workers in the city. Today, detectives, specialist police staff, and forensic experts are concentrating on the Christchurch house where Ms Duckmanton had been living.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 17, 2016 16:52 UTC