Homicide investigation launched after body found at McLaren Falls
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Save Cordoned scene at McLarens Falls bridge. Photo / Jared Savage
A body found in the water at a popular Bay of Plenty waterfall has sparked a homicide investigation.
Detective Inspector Lewis Warner said police launched the homicide investigation because a body was found in suspicious circumstances.
Police received a report of a body in the water below McLaren Falls Bridge
on McLaren Falls Rd in Tauranga about 11.30am yesterday.
The body had not yet been identified and a forensic post mortem would take place today, Warner said.
He said the investigation was in its early stages and police would like to hear from anyone who saw suspicious activity on McLaren Falls Rd yesterday.
