https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/police-hold-grave-fears-for-british...

New Zealand police believe they have found the body of missing British backpacker Grace Millane.

Officers on Sunday afternoon were combing an area of bush near a road in the western outskirts of Auckland, about 25km from where the 22-year-old tourist was last spotted entering a central city hotel with a man on December 1.

The remains found at the scene had not been formally identified but were believed to be those of Ms Millane, Detective Inspector Scott Beard told the media.

“Obviously, this brings the search for Grace to an end,” he said.

“It is an unbearable time for the Millane family and our hearts go out to them.”

Det Insp Beard said the investigation will continue for some time but the current focus is to “piece together exactly what happened to a young girl who came to New Zealand.”

A post-mortem is expected to be carried out on Monday.

“We will be pleased to be giving Grace back to her family,” Det Insp Beard said

Ms Millane, 22, was on a planned year-long trip abroad, after graduating university, which began in Peru.

She arrived in New Zealand last month for the second-leg of her trip and was last seen on the night of December, 1 entering a hotel with a 26-year-old man.

Police said the man spotted her Ms Millane has been charged with her murder and would appear in Auckland District Court on Monday.

Detectives have made an appeal for sightings of a red Toyota hatchback they say was rented in Auckland.

EARLIER:

A week-long search for the Essex woman tragically turned into a homicide probe this weekend, with officers earlier saying a scene examination at the CityLife Hotel and video footage had concluded she was no longer alive.

Ms Millane’s father, millionaire English property developer David Millane, travelled from Britain to New Zealand earlier in the week.

He made an emotional public appeal for help in finding Grace, who he described as a “lovely, outgoing, fun- loving, family-orientated daughter”.

Earlier, it was revealed that Ms Millane had been staying at a backpacker hostel in Auckland and left some of her belongings there.

However, police said several of her possessions, including her passport, are missing.

“Several of her belongings, including her passport, are missing and police believe it is likely that Grace has these items with her,” a police statement said.

Detective Beard said she met a man for a couple of hours on Saturday evening before surveillance cameras showed them entering the CityLife hotel at about 9.40pm.


Her birthday was on Sunday, but she didn’t contact her family. Five days later, on Friday, David Millane arrived in New Zealand and spoke with media.

“Grace is a lovely, outgoing, fun-loving, family-oriented daughter,” he said, adding that she was usually in touch with her family every day.

“She arrived here on the 20th of November, and has been bombarding us with numerous photographs and messages of her adventures,” Mr Millane said.

“We are all extremely upset, and it’s very difficult at this time to fully describe the range of emotions we are going through.”


this bring back some awful memories...

my heart goes out to the Millane family...totally heartbreaking..

we have the cruelest people out there.

Did you see this one?

https://www.9news.com.au/2018/12/09/07/55/toyah-cordingley-wangetti-beach-cairns...

minarchist wrote on Dec 11^th, 2018 at 10:41am:


It's about viewers.

They want more viewers (higher ratings = higher income).

They couldn't care less about the victims.

If it bleeds, it leads.

And a pretty face comes in a close second.

its the life the person led and was leading that was beautiful... only negative people think it all about the cover....these young people have so much to live for....

yet their destiny is to meet a monster...who cannot just take what he wants he has to take their life...