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New Zealand police will today get a first-hand look at Nai Yin Xue, who they have been chasing for the past five months.
Two officers are due to touch down in the United States city of Atlanta, where Xue is being held by local authorities.
Detective Senior Sergeant Simon Scott said the officers would be seeking out people Xue had been in contact with and combing his car for clues.
Xue allegedly murdered his wife in Auckland before taking his daughter to Australia and abandoning her in a Melbourne railway station last September.
He fled to the United States and was captured by residents of Chamblee in Atlanta, Georgia, last Friday.
The six Chinese Americans tied Xue's arms with his own belt, knotted his trousers around his ankles so he could not run off, and sat on him until Chamblee police responded to a 911 emergency call and arrested him.
The arrest ended a five-month search which crossed several international borders.
Detective Senior Sergeant Simon Scott, who headed the Auckland murder inquiry said the officers would like to meet the group who detained Xue.
"We would certainly like to meet the guys who did the arrest. It is probably more about who he has been with, who he has spent a lot of time with, where he has stayed as well as where that car is," Mr Scott said.
Xue was believed to have driven a distinctive 1996 blue Ford Thunderbird across America, from Los Angeles on the west coast to Atlanta in the east.
Mr Scott said the New Zealand detectives would also be looking for anything Xue may have taken to America with him from New Zealand.
"We are just trying to be thorough and ensure we cover all the bases."
New Zealand police also confirmed today a $13,500 (US$10,000) reward had been offered by New Zealand police through the US Marshal's office.
Mr Scott said payment of the reward payment had yet to be discussed with American marshals.
He said Xue had yet to be formally charged with murder or with abandoning his daughter.
"He has an information laid against his name at the Auckland District Court and from that a warrant for his arrest has been issued.
"The charging process will occur when he is back in New Zealand," Mr Scott said.
New Zealand police based in America said they were working on emergency papers to get Xue back.
New Zealand police liaison officer, Superintendent Sandra Manderson, said they hoped to have the papers completed in the next day or two to get Xue deported.
Once the papers were completed Xue could be back in New Zealand within a few days.
"We are working on emergency immigration documents at the moment.
"We are hoping to get him back by the end of the week. It just depends on how quickly we can get these documents back over there (to New Zealand) and back here so hopefully, it will be quick," she said.
She said Xue was being deported and not extradited which would fast-track the process of getting him back to New Zealand.
Xue fled to Los Angeles after dumping his three-year-old daughter Qian Xun Xue in a Melbourne train station on September 15.
The body of his wife, An An Liu was found in the boot of the family car outside their Mt Roskill home four days after Xue fled Melbourne.
The case made international headlines, was widely reported in Asian media in America and featured prominently on the television show America's Most Wanted.
- NZPA, NEWSTALK ZB
