The deaths of a British couple in New Zealand are being investigated as a murder-suicide, police have stated.
Police stated a person and a girl, who haven’t been named, had been discovered after officers had been requested to conduct a welfare examine in Roseneath, a suburb of the capital Wellington, on Monday.
The couple is reported to have moved to New Zealand from the UK late final yr.
Det Insp Haley Ryan stated police weren’t searching for anybody else in relation to the incident, however issued an attraction for any data associated to the case with them.
The UK International Workplace stated it had not been contacted concerning the incident.
Police stated in an announcement that they had been “offering assist to the household on the centre of this tragic occasion”.
“The household have requested privateness as they grieve their loss,” they added.
Police stated two our bodies had been discovered after officers compelled entry to a property on Palliser Street, having been requested by a involved member of the family that morning to examine in on them.
The couple’s neighbour, Emma Prestidge, advised public broadcaster Radio New Zealand that they’d moved to the realm from London.
“My understanding is that they’d lastly packed up their lives in London, and all their stuff was in a delivery container they usually had been sort of trying to transfer right here for good,” she stated.
“They had been within the subsequent part of their life, I assume, and able to sort of set themselves up for the subsequent a part of their chapter, which is actually unhappy.”
Police in New Zealand urged anybody with CCTV of the realm to get involved. Det Insp Ryan earlier stated the case was being referred to the coroner.
In an announcement to the BBC, a International Workplace spokesperson stated: “Now we have not been approached for consular help on this case, however our employees stand able to assist British nationals abroad 24/7.”
The BBC has contacted the New Zealand Coroner’s Workplace for remark.
