SUITCASE MURDER
MISSING REMAINS DISCOVERED. INJURIES TO THE HEAD. In 40ft of water right off the outer end of the Picton wharf a diver yesterday afternoon recovered the missing portions of the body of Mr. Edwin Armstrong, of Wellington, the victim of the suitcase tragedy. With the successful conclusion of another stage in the extensive police activity that has been sustained since the discovery of the first suitcase, it should now be possible to establish legally the identity of the unfortunate man. An examination of the head recovered disclosed that it bore marks indicating that it had been battered by some blunt instrument. Whether these injuries were substantially the cause of death or were inflicted afterwards only a post-mortem examination by an expert can prove.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXII, Issue 4639, 13 May 1938, Page 5
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125SUITCASE MURDER King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXII, Issue 4639, 13 May 1938, Page 5
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