Police rule woman’s death in Ōtāhuhu, Auckland housing complex not suspicious

Police at the scene on Atkinson Ave, Ōtāhuhu after a person was found dead. Photo / Dean Purcell

Police have deemed a woman’s death at an Ōtāhuhu housing complex as not suspicious after investigations.

Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Hayward said police were called to Atkinson Ave, Ōtāhuhu, after a person was found dead early Monday morning.

At the time, police treated the death as unexplained, but today have announced there were no suspicious circumstances.

Her death will be referred to the Coroner, and police extended their sympathies to the woman’s whānau.

The apartment block in the South Auckland suburb was cordoned off in the hours after the discovery.

“Police investigators are currently undertaking inquiries to establish the circumstances around what has occurred, but at this stage the death is being treated as unexplained,” Hayward said at the time.

Three police vehicles were parked outside a Housing NZ complex on the street.

Security workers told the Herald they had been advised not to let anyone into the building while police investigated the death.

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