Thursday, 17 August 2017 - 5:22pm |
Bay of Plenty

UPDATE: Search for Raymond and James Fleet

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Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Mark van Kempen, Area Manager Investigations:

Police searching for Raymond and James Fleet have today found two bodies in the Mamaku Forest.

The uncle and nephew were reported missing on Wednesday 9 August, 2017.

While the bodies are yet to be formally identified, Police at this stage believe they are the missing men.

Post mortems will be conducted to assist in the identification and to determine cause of death.

Police are treating the deaths as suspicious, and a scene examination will continue tomorrow.

ENDS

Media note: DSS van Kempen is unavailable for interviews today but consideration will be given to these tomorrow. Please contact the Media Centre on Friday.