Marlborough fire destroys nearly 30 vehicles at property linked to Jessica Boyce homicide investigation

Almost 30 vehicles and rubbish have gone up in flames at a property in Marlborough, believed to be connected to an unsolved murder.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand have confirmed that 29 vehicles, including four buses, along with rubbish, were on fire at the property in Canvastown, Marlborough.

The Herald understands the property has been searched twice in the past by police during the investigation into the disappearance of Jessica Boyce.

Jessica Boyce, 27, was last seen in March 2019.

Boyce, then 27, was last seen in the Marlborough town of Renwick on March 19, 2019. She was driving her mother’s red Holden Rodeo ute, which was discovered three days later, parked at the Lake Chalice carpark in the Richmond Range.

Police initially thought Boyce was a missing person, but upgraded the case to a homicide investigation in October 2019.

Fire and Emergency told NZME this afternoon that multiple fire crews and a helicopter are at the property, but the fire is contained.