Girl allegedly murdered on Sunday before body dropped at Manukau police station this morning

• According to court documents, a young girl was allegedly murdered on Sunday before her body was dropped at Manukau police station early this morning.
• A 37-year-old man, known to the child, has been charged with her murder.
• He will appear in Manukau District Court today.

A young girl was allegedly murdered yesterday before her body was dropped at an Auckland police station in the early hours of this morning.

A homicide investigation is under way after a man turned up at Manukau police station at about 1am with a dead child in the car.

The 37-year-old was to appear in court today.

Police allege the man, who is known to the child and family, murdered the girl on Sunday, court documents state.

The accused is listed as living in a South Auckland suburb and the location of the alleged offence is recorded in court documents as East Tamaki.

East Tamaki is an industrial suburb in South Auckland.

He was scheduled to appear before Judge Ngaroma Tahana in the Manukau District Court today.

He’s been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, but police said earlier that he would be appearing in court charged with murder.

Police had the area cordoned off for a time. Photo / Hayden Woodward

A post-mortem examination and other inquiries will be carried out this week, and Victim Support is helping the child’s mother and family.

Police had the area cordoned off for a time.

Police have launched an investigation following a serious incident outside the Manukau police station overnight. Photo / Hayden Woodward

Police examine the car outside the station early this morning. Photo / Hayden Woodward

Photos show a vehicle parked outside the station, behind the cordon, with police investigating at the scene.

This incident is the second alleged child murder in the past six days.

A 34-year-old man has been charged with murder after allegedly killing a baby at a Hamilton address last Wednesday.

He is also facing two charges of attempted murder for his alleged attacks on another young child and a woman.

It is understood the woman is the mother of the children.

It’s also the second time in two years a person has arrived at Manukau police station with a body in a vehicle.

In December 2022 a man drove up to the station with the body of his former partner in his car.

The South Auckland man pleaded guilty to murder in June 2023 and was later sentenced to 11 years in jail.

During sentencing, it was revealed after fatally strangling the mother of his children in the bathroom of his parents’ South Auckland home over the Christmas holiday period Jackson Ibanez Komene hid his victim in the boot of his car and went about his errands for the day − driving unaware family members in the same vehicle to a fast-food restaurant, a supermarket and other shopping destinations.

It wasn’t until later that day when he emerged from a Mitre 10 store with a single purchase - a pair of scissors, which he took to the boot before emerging with the victim’s hair in his mouth - that his family began to realise what he had done.

They convinced him to turn himself in just minutes later, showing up at the station with the body still in the boot.

Details of the bizarre case were revealed when the 25-year-old was handed a life sentence for the December 30, murder of his 24-year-old former sweetheart, Shyanne Hauwai.

In October last year, a critically injured man also drove himself to Manukau police station, before being rushed to hospital.

Police have launched an investigation following a serious incident outside the station. Photo / Hayden Woodward

The car arrived at the station early this morning. Photo /Hayden Woodward