Police investigating a fatal stabbing on an Auckland bus want to hear from anyone who saw the victim or offender prior to the incident.
Auckland City Police Relieving District Crime Manager, Acting Detective Inspector Alisse Robertson, says work is ongoing to establish the victim’s movements on the day she died, Wednesday this week, and the public’s help is being sought.
“Police continue to establish the victim’s movement’s and now believe she may have known the man charged with her murder.
“Ongoing enquiries have included reviewing a range of CCTV footage in the Panmure and Onehunga area between 8.30am and 1.30pm on Wednesday, October 23, which show the victim with a man at several points throughout the day.
“Police continue to establish their movements through that area.”
Police want to hear from anyone who was in the following areas and times, and may have information to share:
• Outside Woolworths Onehunga, about 8.30am;
• Boarding a bus on Church Street, Onehunga, at about 9am and disembarking at 9.30am at a bus stop on Tripoli Road, Panmure;
• Between 1.30pm and 2pm, in the Panmure township and its bus station;
• About 2pm, boarding the No.74 Bus at the Panmure Bus Station.
Police would like to hear from anyone who saw the victim and the man wearing a:
• Baseball cap with ‘Niue’ written across the front
• A zip-up camo-coloured hooded sweatshirt
• A light coloured pants and white shoes
• Carrying a black backpack
The victim, Bernice Marychurch, was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt, light coloured shorts, black shoes and carrying a black satchel.
Information can be provided to police by making an online report at www.105.police.govt.nz using “Update Report” or by calling 105.
Please use reference number 241023/8926.
Following the fatal stabbing, a man handed himself in at the North Shore police station on Thursday this week.
The 37-year-old has been charged with murder, threatening to kill, assault and burglary.
