Police have spent three hours "grilling" a Tauranga woman over the disappearance of sex worker Carmen Thomas.
Jo Reid, 29, was spoken to by police about her relationship with Ms Thomas' estranged partner, Brad Callaghan.
Police contacted Ms Reid a couple of weeks ago and two officers interviewed her last weekend.
"It was
quite a horrendous interview, they were really grilling me, asking lots of questions.
"They obviously got the records from his phone.
"They were asking if I knew Carmen, just basically thought maybe I knew something ... If I knew if Brad had any friends outside of Auckland, and really grilling me.
"I had no idea. I don't know any of his mates outside of Auckland," Ms Reid said.
Ms Reid said she and Mr Callaghan stopped seeing each other about a year-and-a-half ago - after a seven or eight-month long-distance relationship - but had kept close.
Meanwhile, police have found Ms Thomas' wheelie bin and are testing it for clues to her fate.
Detectives confirmed they discovered the recycling bin in Auckland on September 1.
It had been missing from the 32-year-old's home in Ngapuhi Rd, Remuera.
It is understood police are working on a line of inquiry that Ms Thomas's body was cut up and dumped in several locations.
Police spokeswoman Noreen Hegarty would not comment on that information, nor would she say where the wheelie bin had been found.
"We still do not know where Carmen is or how many people have been involved in her disappearance, death and disposal."
She said the wheelie bin was being forensically tested.
Police said some weeks ago they believed Ms Thomas has been murdered after blood was found in her car.
She was last seen on June 27 at the Greenlane Countdown supermarket.
She was reported missing on July 13.
There was an unconfirmed sighting of Ms Thomas at a central city construction site on June 27.
Police have also questioned workers and taken away another wheelie bin for examination after a worker alerted police to a bad smell coming from it.
Ms Hegarty said the results of an examination were "unremarkable".
However, it is believed the contents had been emptied when police took it away.
Last month, police stopped vehicles around Whitford, quizzing drivers about a sighting of Ms Thomas' car in the area in late June or early July.
The Nissan Pulsar hatchback was found in Hamilton. It had traces of her blood inside, the first confirmation that something had gone badly wrong.
Police quiz woman over missing escort
Police have spent three hours "grilling" a Tauranga woman over the disappearance of sex worker Carmen Thomas.
Jo Reid, 29, was spoken to by police about her relationship with Ms Thomas' estranged partner, Brad Callaghan.
Police contacted Ms Reid a couple of weeks ago and two officers interviewed her last weekend.
"It was
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