Manawatu triple death hearing starts today

The property where the bodies were found. Photo / Mark Mitchell

A coronial inquest into the apparent murder-suicide deaths of three people near Feilding in the Manawatu last year will begin today.

Desmond Vincent Winnie, 65, his wife Deborah Honeyfield, 51, and her father, Ian Ray Honeyfield, 86, were found at their rural Lees Rd home in August.

Palmerston North Coroner Tim Scott is likely to suppress much of the hearing's details.

- NZPA