The Te Aroha property where an 18-month-old was killed by a falling oven. Photo / Christine Cornege
Waikato police have named the 19-month-old baby killed after a free-standing stove fell on him, but have slammed a media organisation for using the wrong name.
Kobi George Collier was crushed when the oven - a conventional kitchen oven and stove top - fell forward as he tried to reach
another object.
Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Whitehead of Waikato police said a post-mortem examination had been completed and an interim result had been provided to both police and the coroner.
"The preliminary post-mortem results appear consistent with the circumstances outlined to our investigators by people in the house at the time Kobi died and these results have not altered the focus of our investigation.
"There remains a number of people we still need to fully interview or speak to and the timing of these interviews will be determined by the current situation as many of these people had a close association with Kobi and his family."
