By ALISON HORWOOD
Police will know this morning whether a tomahawk found in bushes in Palmerston North is likely to have been the murder weapon used to kill Christine Lundy and daughter Amber.
A member of the public rang police yesterday to report the discovery of the small axe at a property in the city.
Detective Sergeant Mark Painter said another small axe had been handed to police at the weekend.
It had been been sent for forensic testing, but was not believed to be the weapon that delivered the fatal blows because of its shape.
The second tomahawk is expected to be examined by police this morning.
Mrs Lundy, aged 38, and her 7-year-old daughter were found dead in their Palmerston North home on the morning of Wednesday, August 30. They had suffered facial and head injuries, believed to have been inflicted by an axe.
The police are still searching for the weapon, clothes worn by husband Mark Lundy and a jewellery box he said was missing from the family home in Karamea Cres, Kelvin Grove.
On Friday, police seized some items from the flat Lundy had been sharing since the killings with a long-time friend, but none is believed to be a possible weapon.
Lundy, 42, was arrested on Friday and charged with murdering his wife of more than 10 years and their only child. He was remanded in custody without plea and is due to reappear in the Palmerston North District Court on Thursday.
Detective Sergeant Painter said there had been a good response to requests for sightings of Lundy's car - a blue Ford Falcon, registration XD4476 - travelling at speed between Wellington and Palmerston North between 5 pm on Tuesday, August 29, and 8 am the following day.
Police test second axe in Lundy case
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