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Cold case murder: How did a 'kind, caring' son become a killer?

Kurt Bayer
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South Island Head of News·NZ Herald·
7 mins to read

Jeremy Powell will be sentenced tomorrow for his role in the brutal murder of young Christchurch mum Angela Blackmoore 25 years ago. Herald senior journalist Kurt Bayer spoke to the parents of a "kind, caring" son who they still can't believe is guilty of one of New Zealand's most infamous cold-case murders.

Dennis Powell reckoned he knew his only son pretty well.

Both are good with their hands. Clever, creative, big-hearted.

Even when Jeremy – the youngest of four children,

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