After 30 years, yet another investigation is planned into the mysterious disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain.

Carmen Thomas will be laid to rest on Wednesday - to the beats played at her favourite pub.

Two young brothers who went missing from their home overnight were found with a relative who had not called anyone, say police.

The family of slain Auckland mother Carmen Thomas could wait days to hear how she died and for her remains to be returned.

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

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.

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.

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.

Police today questioned businesses in downtown Auckland in the hunt for clues to the slaying of Carmen Thomas.

An inner-city Auckland construction site has become the focus of police investigating the murder of missing escort Carmen Thomas.

Police have found missing sex worker Carmen Thomas' wheelie bin and are testing it for clues to her fate.