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Carmen: Search teams sift through rubble
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.
First woman executed in US in five years
Teresa Lewis, 41, was put to death for hiring two men to kill her husband and stepson in October 2002. Photos / AP
Fatal crash driver accused who fled police named
The man accused of killing two passengers when he crashed while fleeing police in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga can now be named.
Skydiving love triangle ended in murder
A female skydiver goes on trial today accused of the mid-air murder of her close friend and alleged love rival.
Carmen: Emergency staff lowered into hole
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.
Carmen: Forensic hunt at friend's home
Police were last night searching the house of an associate of the man charged with the murder of Auckland mother Carmen Thomas.
Carmen inquiry shifts to house - report
Police investigating the murder of Carmen Thomas have this evening turned their attentions to an east Auckland house, according to a report.
Hockey player jailed after assault and hit and run
A hockey representative who bashed a sex worker with a hockey stick and then struck another woman with a car as he was driving away has been jailed for 3-1/4 years.
Carmen: Digger uncovers clothing
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.
Carmen investigators take clothing from site
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.
Carmen murder: New arrests likely
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.
Estranged pair tried to put son first, says friend
A close friend of Carmen Thomas says the young mother and the man accused of killing always tried to put their young son first.
Carmen's ex-partner wanted to tell son
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.
Ex-partner accused of Carmen's murder
The identity of the man accused of killing Carmen Thomas has been revealed. Police say her body was dismembered after her murder.
Carmen police scan drain
Police searching for the body of Auckland mother Carmen Thomas yesterday lowered a high-tech camera into a drainage system on a central Auckland construction site.
Murder-accused was 'shy and didn't say much'
A Chinese student accused of stabbing a woman to death and putting her body in a suitcase after a dispute over money was "shy and didn't say much", a jury heard today.
Camera lowered in hole in search for Carmen
Police investigating the death of Auckland woman Carmen Thomas today lowered a camera down a hole in a central Auckland construction site, according to a worker on the site.
Carmen cops question CBD businesses
Police today questioned businesses in downtown Auckland in the hunt for clues to the slaying of Carmen Thomas.
Man admitted murder to 111 operator, court told
A student admitted to a 111 operator that he had fatally stabbed another student, jurors hear.