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Police say they have confirmed the identities of two children's bodies that were discovered in suitcases earlier this month in Auckland's Clendon Park.
In a statement, Counties Manukau Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Vaaelua said an identification process had been completed and that police were continuing to investigate the circumstances around the children's deaths.
Last week, police said the bodies of two children found in the suitcases may have been dead for up to four years.
Evidence of the children's identities have been suppressed by the Coroner at the request of their family under an interim non-publication order.
"This order suppresses the names of the children and their relatives, and evidence that may lead to the identification of the two victims," police say.
The children appeared to be a primary school age and may have been dead for three or four years, investigators said. (Source: 1News)
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The bodies were discovered in a suitcase, won at an auction for abandoned goods in a storage unit. The children were believed to be around primary school age.
The South Auckland community where the shocking discovery was made is now desperate for answers to ensure something like this doesn't happen again. (Source: 1News)
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