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Police will meet the parents of South Otago teenager Blake Stott in the wake of a television show that used psychics to shed light on the mystery of their son's death.
Mr Stott died in a fire in his car in a layby in 2006 and the cause
of the fire was never identified.
In an episode of the TVNZ show Sensing Murder on Tuesday, psychics Kelvin Cruickshank and Sue Nicholson said Mr Stott had driven his car, which was his pride and joy, to a layby 3km from Owaka, south of Balclutha, so it would be safe.
He was a responsible young man who had saved hard to buy the car and was a non-smoker.
Mr Stott was asleep in the driver's seat of the car when two people drove up and as a practical joke threw a cigarette butt, match or lighter in the back seat of the car, the psychics said.
The psychics gave a detailed description of the two men and their vehicles but stopped short of publicly naming them.
The psychics said there was a third person who knew the details of Mr Stott's death, possibly someone who one of the men had confided in.
Dunedin and Clutha area commander Inspector Dave Campbell said today that he would meet with Mr Stott's parents and as with any case police would follow up if there was new evidence.
The cause of the fire had not been identified in investigations at the time but this was not unusual in cases of severe fires.
There were no indication in the inquiry at the time that any other party was involved, Mr Campbell said.
"As with anything if anyone comes with new information then we will look it.
"At the end of the day is a psychic's opinion evidence?"
Mr Stott's mother, Adraian Stott, said the family had gone to the show's psychics for answers, not publicity, the Southland Times reported.
The show traced the 19-year-old's last steps before his death on June 11, 2006.
Mrs Stott said she and the family did not want to comment further on their decision to go to the television show but she said the psychics had provided the answers she had been looking for.
"They were very sensitive to us. This is still hard two years later we're still very fragile."
- NZPA
