Parents at a loss over son's murder

Bryan and Jo Guy, parents of murdered farmer Scott Guy, are at a loss as to why anyone would want to kill their son. Photo / NZPA

The parents of murdered Manawatu dairy farmer Scott Guy say they are at a loss to understand why their son was shot dead.

Speaking to media at a press conference in Palmerston North this afternoon, Bryan and Jo Guy said their son was very much loved and his death was "just unexplainable".

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

They said their pregnant daughter-in-law, Kylee, was "absolutely distraught" at her husband's death.

"It's pretty devastating for her, and scary. It's very scary."

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

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

He said he was certain "a lot of good things" would come from the tragedy.

"You've gotta go home and hug your kids and hug your husband or wife and your girlfriend. It's all about hugs this week I can tell you."

Scott Guy's body was being returned home this afternoon. His funeral is on Friday morning.

The 31-year-old's body was found 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 of several gunshot wounds.

Detective Inspector Sue Schwalger said police now had a greater understanding of what happened on the day Mr Guy was killed.

He 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 would not say why he stopped the ute and got out, or how many times he had been shot.

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

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

The scene examination was in its final stages and after a reconstruction was completed the scene would be released this afternoon.

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.

Police were also yet to find any links with a previous burglary and suspicious fire at the same property in 2008.

The homicide investigation so far drawn little information from the public, Ms Schwalger said.

"There's been little uptake in the 0800 number of Crimestoppers regarding this death, so therefore information from the public has been very, very slow."

Local residents had heard some sort of noise on the morning Mr Guy died, but it was yet to be established if it was gunshots, Ms Schwalger said.

Mrs Guy was in the couple's house, set back from the driveway, and did not appear to have heard anything.

- NZPA