Two men who fled Wairarapa after the brutal bashing of Glen Jones in Featherston should not be approached, police say.
Detective Inspector Sean Hansen said yesterday that Masterton man Kristofer Jones, 23, and Hayden Ranson, 27, of Hutt Valley, were believed to have fled the Wellington area for central or upper North Island.
He said the pair were wanted on charges of aggravated burglary relating to the death of Featherston supermarket worker Glen Jones, 40.
Mr Jones was discovered bloodied and unconscious in his Fitzherbert St unit about midnight on Friday and died in Wellington Hospital about five hours later of head injuries.
Mr Hansen said the two men were believed to have fled the greater Wellington area in a blue 1989 Mitsubishi Mirage, with the registration number OE7854.