Levin homicide investigation: Third man charged with murder over the death of 56-year-old Robert Nattie Albert

A third man has now been charged with murder after a body was found in a building at a Levin park earlier this year.

A 36-year-old man came to Levin Police Station yesterday and was subsequently arrested, police said.

He is due to appear in the Levin District Court today, charged with murder.

A homicide investigation was launched after Robert Nattie Albert was found in Muaūpoko Park at Lake Horowhenua with a gunshot wound on the evening of October 17, Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Thompson said.

Thompson, the Manawatū area investigations manager, said his team of investigators had “worked diligently to comb through CCTV footage and other information from members of the public”, resulting in the arrest of a 23-year-old earlier this month - who was charged with murder.

The following week police arrested a second man accused of murder following two search warrants in Levin township as part of the investigation.

“The arrested man, a 40-year-old, was located at one of the addresses, as was a cut-down firearm,” Thompson said at the time.

Police earlier said they knew there were “others involved” and said they would be working hard to “bring further closure” to Albert’s family.

Muaūpoko Park, Lake Horowhenua, was closed after a man was located deceased in a building on October 17. Photo / Mark Mitchell

The building Albert was understood to have been found in was burnt down shortly after the discovery, Stuff earlier reported.