Chelsea Brunton was last seen on Saturday, May 6, at Palmerston North Hospital when she went out for a cigarette but never came back. Photo / Supplied
Chelsea Brunton was last seen on Saturday, May 6, at Palmerston North Hospital when she went out for a cigarette but never came back. Photo / Supplied
A body, believed to be that of missing woman Chelsea Brunton, has been found at a Palmerston North property today.
Chelsea Brunton was last seen on May 6 at Palmerston North Hospital when she went out for a cigarette but never came back.
Police have called off the search forBrunton since the discovery of the body. Formal identification and a post-mortem examination are still to be completed.
There are no suspicious circumstances and the death will be referred to the coroner, police said.
Nicky Stevens, the son of Hamilton city councillor Dave Macpherson, stepped out for an unsupervised cigarette break while a patient at the Henry Bennett Centre.