Couple and baby found shot
PA Palmerston North | The bodies of a man. a.woman. and their 10- mo ' lth -oW baby girl were found S^ 1 dead in a locked nouse in the , central city area of Palmerston North on Monday ev- ’ ening. Detective Chief Inspector t W. A. R. Galbraith, of the Palmerston North C. 1.8.. said J a .22 rifle was found in the/ lounge of the Campbell:' Street house where the bod-! ‘ ies were found. The dead 1 were: Raymond Bruce Hansen, aged 21, a steelworker; | ( Barban Marie Wall, aged 19. i a solo mother: and !'
Kara Marie Hansen, aged 10 months. The couple lived at separate addresses in Campbell Street. Mr Galbraith said the police were not seeking anybody else in connection with the deaths. The police were called to the house about 9.15 p.m. on Monday after another woman [occupant of the house, who [had returned from work to find it locked, later gained entry with a friend and [found the bodies. Mr Galbraith said the last |confirmed sighting of the couple and the child was on Monday morning.
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Press, 3 October 1979, Page 2
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