Human stays found in suitcases purchased by a household at public sale final week belong to primary-age kids, police in New Zealand introduced Thursday.

Police stated they had been alerted to the case final week when the household from the South Auckland suburb of Manurewa reported discovering human physique components in a number of objects they purchased from a storage facility.

“Preliminary autopsy examinations have been carried out and the outcomes present that the stays present in two suitcases are that of two major school-aged kids,” in accordance with an announcement launched Thursday morning from police spokesperson Anna Thompson.

Throughout a press convention a day earlier, Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Vaaelua stated the youngsters had been doubtless between age 5 and 10 and should have been lifeless for numerous years.

As soon as the youngsters are formally recognized, authorities stated their prime precedence shall be to inform the victims’ subsequent of kin. 

“We need to reassure the neighborhood our investigation is continuous to determine the details to determine the complete circumstances across the deaths of those kids,” the assertion continues. “This contains establishing when, the place, and the way.”

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