The mother of missing woman Carmen Thomas wants to take her grandson Jack to South Africa - but she may face a legal fight to get him there. Jack is believed to be living with his father's family.

The sister of murdered Paraparaumu man Raymond Piper says the family are relieved his body appears to have been found today, four months after he went missing.

Police today found "odd-shaped" bits of concrete at the building site that is the focus of the Carmen Thomas murder inquiry.

The son of murdered escort Carmen Thomas could play a key role in the investigation against his father, child experts believe.

A new suspect - a detective - has been named as the murderer of Harvey and Jeanette Crewe.

A man with bloodstained clothing was seen leaving the home of murdered mum Carmen Thomas two days after she was last seen alive.

Homicide police were back at a central Auckland building site at first light today, digging deeper in their search for clues into the death of Auckland mother Carmen Thomas.

Search teams spent the day at the bottom of a hole in a central Auckland building site, dredging and sifting through bucket loads of grey water and rubble, in the search for clues as to the whereabouts of Carmen Thomas' body.

Teresa Lewis, 41, was put to death for hiring two men to kill her husband and stepson in October 2002. Photos / AP

The man accused of killing two passengers when he crashed while fleeing police in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga can now be named.

A female skydiver goes on trial today accused of the mid-air murder of her close friend and alleged love rival.

Search and rescue staff were this morning lowered down a hole at the central Auckland building site where the man charged with the murder of Auckland escort Carmen Thomas worked.

Police were last night searching the house of an associate of the man charged with the murder of Auckland mother Carmen Thomas.

Police investigating the murder of Carmen Thomas have this evening turned their attentions to an east Auckland house, according to a report.

A bag of clothing has been found on a construction site which could be temporarily closed as police search for clues in the Carmen Thomas murder inquiry.

Police investigating the murder of Carmen Thomas today removed what appeared to be items of clothing from the construction site where her accused killer worked.

More arrests - possibly including a woman - are likely in the Carmen Thomas case as police search an inner-city Auckland construction site to find tools used in her grisly death.

A close friend of Carmen Thomas says the young mother and the man accused of killing always tried to put their young son first.

The ex-partner of Carmen Thomas, who is accused of her murder, sought name suppression in court this afternoon so that their five-year-old son Jack could be told what had happened.

The identity of the man accused of killing Carmen Thomas has been revealed. Police say her body was dismembered after her murder.