A Kawaha Point Rd family discovered their home was not only burgled but that the thieves are suspected to have got up to no good in one of the bedrooms. Photo / Getty Images
A Kawaha Point Rd family discovered their home was not only burgled but that the thieves are suspected to have got up to no good in one of the bedrooms. Photo / Getty Images
Police have confirmed they have a suspect in the case where a Rotorua home was burgled and it was suspected the thieves had sex in the master bedroom.
Some of the stolen property has been returned to the Kawaha Point Rd family and police believe they know who was responsible for the break-in. However, they have stopped short of saying they have their suspect as a result of DNA evidence found at the home.
The house was burgled overnight on Saturday November 23. The owners, who don't want their identities published, were away overnight and discovered the burglary the next day.
He rang his wife and told her all the drawers - as well as some windows, doors and cupboards - were open. Tools and alcohol were stolen along with a child's pram.
This bottle of Appleton Estate alcohol was found empty beside the master bedside table. Photo / Kelly Makiha
They noticed all the linen on their master bed had been removed and their duvet pushed down. There was an empty bottle of Appleton Estate rum they believed was from their liquor cupboard sitting on the bedside table.
Later that day they discovered the mattress protector, two pillowcases and their fitted sheet rolled into a ball and tossed over the back cliff behind their house, which leads down to Lake Rotorua.
The woman said on closer inspection of the linen, it appeared to be stained with semen.
Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Van Kempen wouldn't comment about DNA when asked by the Rotorua Daily Post but he did confirm the pram had been found at a nearby address, thanks to a tip-off from the public.
He confirmed they had a strong suspect but had been unable to find the person because they were transient.
"We are actively looking."
When asked how many suspects they had, Van Kempen said one.
He said there had been no other reports of similar burglaries in the area where there had been suspected sex acts committed.
"Certainly nothing that has been reported anyway."
The woman who lived at the house told the Rotorua Daily Post today she was pleased the pram had been found, although she would never use it again.
"I wanted it back because I didn't want anyone else to have it."
She said she and her husband were coping fine since the burglary but they just wanted the culprits caught.
