A more detailed description of the man who kidnapped baby Kahu Durie at gunpoint on Saturday morning has been released by police.
The man is said to have grey or greying hair, a spot under his left eye, bad teeth (possibly with some missing), and a wrinkly neck with loose fleshunder the jaw.
He is aged between 30 and 40, about 172cm tall, and was wearing tight black trousers (possibly jeans) with dark leather boots and a jacket, and a ski balaclava.
Detective Superintendent Larry Reid, the new senior officer coordinating the case, said police had taken this long to get the new description, including the balaclava, because they had been verifying the statements made by Kahu's two young cousins who witnessed the kidnapping.
Police said they may still produce an identikit picture of the man's face.
Today is the fifth day without any sign of the 8-month-old baby or contact from the kidnapper.
Kahu's cousins, aged 14 and 12, were pushing Kahu in a pram with her mother, lawyer Donna Hall, down a no-exit Lower Hutt street when the kidnapper pointed a gun at them and demanded the child.
Police also announced today they had finished searching rugged hill country near the Wellington suburb of Berhampore and found nothing.
Police began searching the gorse-covered hill, which follows Mt Albert Road, after receiving a tip-off on the police 0800 line just before midnight on Monday.
The female caller gave information which included a street name, but poor quality audio made her words unclear.
Police were appealing for the caller to make contact again.
Police say ten thousand fliers are being produced for distribution in the next few days, containing a picture of baby Kahu, an image of a car similar to the offenders and the man's description.
