Offensive attack may be key clue to murder

Scott Guy. Photo / Supplied

The widow of a farmer murdered in his own driveway is begging for the person who painted a crude and obscene message on their home to come forward.

Scott Guy, 31, was found dead in the driveway of his Feilding farm in July last year. He had been shot several times.

Police revealed yesterday that Mr Guy's home extensively vandalised in January 2009 and they were trying to establish whether it was linked to his death.

Mr Guy and his wife Kylee were building a house on their Aorangi Rd property but were not living in it when vandals caused $14,000 of damage.

They smashed windows, walls and plumbing and scrawled offensive words in large brown letters on an exterior wall.

More offensive words were found on another wall, but police are refusing to reveal the exact wording other than to say it was a "derogatory" term.

Mrs Guy's sister Chanelle Bullock spoke on her behalf last night about the graffiti.

"Understandably it was disturbing to both Kylee and Scotty but with no enemies or conflict and the fact that they were not living at the house it seemed to be just a careless act of vandalism," Ms Bullock said.

"Kylee begs anyone who has any thoughts or seen anyone acting strange around the time to please come forward. She is wanting that one person to come forward with anything that will help solve the horrible way in which she has lost her best friend and husband Scotty."

Mrs Guy was pregnant when her husband was killed and gave birth to their second son Drover in September. Their oldest son Hunter is 2.

"Kylee is hoping with the photos being published it will get people thinking and talking. As a family we are praying that the media spotlight on this will give some insight on who did this and why," Ms Bullock said.

Detective Inspector Sue Schwalger urged the culprit to come forward so police could establish whether the vandalism was linked to Mr Guy's death.

"It is important that we find out why the property was targeted, whether the graffiti was just mindless vandalism, or whether it was aimed at someone in particular and is connected in some way to Scott's death."

She said police had not found anything in the couple's lives that would have motivated the vandalism.

Ms Schwalger apologised for the offensive nature of the photos but stressed it was important for the public to see them in case they could help.

Mr Guy's parents, Bryan and Jo, rushed home from holiday after hearing about the damage to the house.

"They rang up very distraught and we came home. It was really quite traumatic for Scott and Kylee ... nobody would want that written about them," said Mrs Guy.

She said the graffiti may not have been related to her son's murder but anything the police wanted to investigate, the Guy family was happy with.

"We're at the point where anything that helps in the investigation is OK with us. Even though it's distressing we think, if it helps - let it be. You get to the point of not worrying.

"We're in limbo, particularly Kylee. We just want to find out who and why. You wake up every day hoping ... your first thought is 'it would be good to actually know'."

Mr Guy's sister Nikki had not seen the graffiti until yesterday and described it as "horrible".

"They couldn't work out who, or why someone would write that. They were really upset," she said.

"It was one of those things we put to the back of our minds. But now we need to know [if] it's related to Scotty's death."