Forensics

Forensics NZ

The residents of a suburban street are woken by the sounds of a taxi crashing into a brick fence. The driver is bleeding profusely from wounds in his neck and chest, his foot is still pressing the accelerator, the engine still running.

A teenage girl is dropped back at her family home at around 6pm on a Saturday evening after an overnight visit to a friend's house. This is the last time anyone ever hears from 15-year-old Marie Davis.

Two males visit a New Plymouth house in the middle of the night, staying only a few hours before they leave. The following day the occupants discover what they think is a body left in the garage.

An abandoned car is discovered in a quiet Hamilton street. Police are called and they find an envelope with money in it, an IOU note and a suitcase with women's clothing in it.

A middle-aged woman goes into her backyard to unlock the self-contained unit where her 23-year-old daughter lives alone. She finds her daughter on the floor and her throat has been cut.