Police have released the name of a homicide victim whose skeletal remains were found in an Auckland garage last year.
He was Javed Fraser Mills, 25, formerly Javed Abdula Rahman.
Mr Mills had lived for a short time at a house near the Barrack Rd property in Mt Wellington where his bones were found. The house where his remains were found is currently undergoing a forensic examination.
Police believed he died there in 2009.
Detective Senior Sergeant Kevin Hooper of Glen Innes CIB said it was a relief to be able to identify the mystery bones that found at 137A Barrack Rd on September 30 last year.