Whananaki North Road

Suspicious Death

Fri, 11/10/2013 - 4:31pm

Called to a serious incident around 10am this morning.
Whananaki North road. 30 mins north of Whangarei.
Information on what occurred at the address was vague and police cordoned off the area. Police are speaking to one male from the address. A 36 year old man was confirmed dead at the scene.
At this stage police are treating the scene as a  potential homicide.

Police are at the address and expect to hold the address overnight while we complete our enquiries to establish  cause of death.
 

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