A homicide investigation has continued through the night following the killing of a man at Royal Reserve on Beauchamp Drive. Photo / Hayden Woodward
A homicide investigation has continued through the night following the killing of a man at Royal Reserve on Beauchamp Drive. Photo / Hayden Woodward
Police in hazmat suits continued to comb a park in West Auckland overnight, 24 hours after a man was found dead in the car park.
The man was reported unresponsive just after midnight on Monday, and was pronounced dead where he was found, in the car park at Royal Reserve in Massey.
Forensics in coveralls were carefully walking through the car park and conducting a scene examination using Luminol at Royal Reserve overnight. Photo / Hayden Woodward
Detectives, photographers and ESR forensic scientists remained at the park on Beauchamp Drive overnight.
Six forensic experts in coveralls could be seen carefully walking through the car park and conducting a scene examination using Luminol, which is used to detect traces of blood.
Luminol being used at the crime scene at the Royal Reserve car park in Massey overnight. Photo / Hayden Woodward
Officers are still maintaining cordons around the carpark.
A police scene guard was also present at nearby Reverie Place, where an arrest was made early on Monday not long after the victim was first found at the reserve.
A police vehicle was parked in the Reverie Pl driveway, and a Waitemata CIB trailer was parked outside the house.