Police investigating death of Alex Fisher charge man with burglary

A man has been charged with burglary by Police who are investigating the death of Alex Fisher in Waitarere.

The man, who currently has interim name suppression, is due to appear in the Levin District Court later this afternoon.

He is already facing a charge of possession of a knife.

Detective Senior Sergeant Neil Forlong says the Operation Waitarere homicide investigation is continuing:

“On Sunday we announced that we were looking at a burglary which took place at a property in Waitarere. We are working to establish any links between that burglary and the death of Alex Fisher.

“The investigation team remains very focussed on the enquiry and we continue to assess a range of information and forensic evidence.” said Mr Forlong.

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