No new leads in farmer's slaying

Police say they have no new leads into the shotgun killing of a Manawatu farmer, despite his family's plea for information.

Scott Guy was found dead by a passing motorist in the driveway of his home on Aorangi Road, south of the rural town of Feilding, on Thursday morning.

A post mortem examination confirmed he died from several gunshot wounds.

His parents, Bryan and Jo Guy, at a media conference in Palmerston North yesterday, said they were at a loss as to why their son was murdered.

"It's really quite bizarre. We have got no idea what's happened or why," Bryan Guy said.

He appealed for anyone with information on his son's death to contact the police.

"Obviously somebody must know something, somebody must have seen something."

Police had set up a special phone line for the investigation, but had only received a couple of calls overnight, Detective Inspector Sue Schwalger told NZPA today.

There was no significant new information, she said.

She said yesterday police were looking into Mr Guy's background and that of his family but were yet to establish any reason for the murder.

She asked the community to assist, saying police would investigate any information they were given.

Police yesterday said they knew Mr Guy got up early as usual to go milking and drove his ute to the end of his driveway. He stopped and walked around to the front of the ute, and it was then that he was shot and killed.

Police knew he was killed by a shotgun but did not know the type or style. They were now seeking the weapon.

They described his death as a deliberate act and they believed someone in the community would know what happened.

- NZPA