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MURDER SUSPECTED

DIFFICULT TASK FOR

POLICE

WOMAN'S BODY IN RIVER

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day.

The discovery of the body of a woman in the Tamaki River yesterday afternoon has given the police an exceptionally difficult problem to solve. It is estimated that the body had been in the water about a month. It was covered with two corn sacks and a piece of canvas. These were attached to a rope, the other end of which was round one leg. The body was naked except for a singlet. The first difficulty is that of identification. The only two women reported missing in Auckland are Maoris, but the description of a missing Wellington girl appears to coincide with that of the body. Details have not yet been checked.

Various circumstances lead the police to suspect that the woman was murdered, but there is no certainty yet. Apart from the identification problem, the police are puzzled to know how'the body came to be in the water. It is possible that it entered the water in any part" of Auckland Harbour, or even at sea, arid was washed into the Tamaki River by tides and currents. The facts that the body was practically naked and that a rope was attached to one leg are believed to discount the possibility of suicide. . An inquest was opened today by the Coroner.

Evidence was given by a constable, who described the appearance of the body. In answer to a question by the Coroner, he said that the rope appeared to be tied to the right leg, and the sacks at the other end of the rope were complete sacks. The inquest was adjourned, and a _post-mortem examination is being conducted by a pathologist.

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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 129, 3 June 1935, Page 11

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MURDER SUSPECTED Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 129, 3 June 1935, Page 11

MURDER SUSPECTED Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 129, 3 June 1935, Page 11

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