Woman found dead in park was semi-naked - police

Police stand guard at the scene where a body was found in a South Auckland park. Photo / NZPA

Police are investigating the death of a woman whose semi-naked body was found outside a toilet block in a south Auckland park today.

The gruesome find was believed to have been made by a bus driver in Murphy Park, Otahuhu, soon after daybreak and emergency services were alerted.

Police said the body may have been there for several hours and they were treating the death as suspicious.

The woman's body was face down and naked from the waist down except for a pair of underpants. Items of clothing were found beside her.

The scene, which is close to a kindergarten and a high school in Otahuhu, has been cordoned off while police and scientists carry out a forensic examination.

- NZPA