FOURTH BODY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 128, 2 June 1938, Page 8

FOURTH BODY.

TRAGEDY SEQUEL.

MIRAMAR MYSTERY.

THREE CHILDREN DEAD. DISCOVERY OP MOTHER ? (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WKLLTNGTOX, this day. A shocking Miramar family tragedy which was revealed last night with the discovery of the bodies of three young boys was heightened today when the body of si woman, believed to be the mother of the children, was found at Worser Hi\v.

The tragedy was disclosed when Mr. Colin S:iiullciit. a Welliflgtoii business man. roturning after the day's work to liis home at 7t>. I'ara Street, found his tliroe young children lying dead in the bathroom with their heads buttered and his wife, Mr*. Mary Celia Sandlant, aged 25), mis>iim\ The victims are: —

Roger Sandlant, aged 5 years. Denny Sandlant, aged 3 years. A baby boy, aged 0 months. Tt is understood that Mrs. Sandlant and th'" children were all alive and well that morning. They wore seen by neighbours (luring the dav.

The body of the woman thought to ho Mrs. Sandlant was recovered from the rocks at Worser Bay. about five miles from Miraniar, at about 11.30 today. It was removed to the morgue.

Mr. Sandlant discovered the bodies of the children at 0..'50 p.m. As soon as he informed the police a search was begun in the neighbourhood for the missing woman. Inspector J. Carroll took charge of the investigation.

Para Street, where the tragedy took place, is a lonely part of Miramar. The house, in which the Sandlunts occupied the top flat, is next to a vacant section with a steep hillside behind.