Police probe ‘suspicious’ death in Pukekohe after postmortem

Counties Manukau CIB detective inspector Karen Bright said police are investigating following the death of a man in Pukekohe.

Police are now treating the death of a Pukekohe man in December as “suspicious” following results of a postmortem exam.

Counties Manukau CIB detective inspector Karen Bright said police are investigating following the death of a man in Pukekohe.

Police were called to an address on Times Pl on December 30, where the body of a 48-year-old man was found.

A postmortem examination was conducted, and the death is now being treated as suspicious, Bright said.

Police were in the Pukekohe area going door-to-door yesterday, over a week after the man was found dead.

“We were home that day, our son heard screams just after midnight,” a Pukekohe local said on social media.

If you have any information contact police online or call 105, using the reference number 241230/6522.

Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.

Jaime Lyth is a multimedia journalist for the New Zealand Herald, focusing on crime and breaking news. Lyth began working under the NZ Herald masthead in 2021 as a reporter for the Northern Advocate in Whangārei.