Ariki Rigby

She was 18-year-old Ariki Rigby of Napier. Police are investigating her death as a homicide. "Our thoughts and sympathies are with her family and wider ...

"Police are following a number of lines of enquiry in relation Ariki’s death but we continue to appeal for information from the public." "Our thoughts and sympathies are with her family and wider whānau," police said in a statement. Police have named the woman whose body was found in a burnt-out car in Hawke's Bay last week.

The woman was an 18-year-old Napier resident.

Police have now identified the woman who was discovered deceased in a vehicle at the River Road Recreational Reserve last week.

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She was 18-year-old Ariki Rigby of Napier. A homicide inquiry began after her body was found in the vehicle in River Road Recreational Reserve. Her family ...

A homicide inquiry began after her body was found in the vehicle in River Road Recreational Reserve. They are continuing to appeal for information from anyone who may gone to the River Road car park between those times and saw the vehicle or anybody in the area. Police have identified the woman whose body was found in a burnt-out car in Hawke's Bay's River Road reserve.

She was 18-year-old Ariki Rigby of Napier. The vehicle was discovered at River Road Recreational Reserve. Police say they're following a number of lines of ...

Family members have expressed thanks for the “love and concern” over the disappearance of Ariki Rigby, 18, whose death is being treated as a homicide.

“Our thoughts and sympathies are with her family and wider whānau,” the statement said. Instead, the body was dismissed as being that of a sheep. Police said in a statement they were following “a number of lines of inquiry” but continued to appeal for information from the public. Because of the condition of the vehicle and debris from the fire, police “did not immediately identify that human remains were in the cabin of the car”. They asked anyone with information about her death to contact the Hastings police station in relation to what is being called “Operation Sphynx”. “However, it is with our deepest regret that we inform you all that our beautiful girl has been identified as the wahine in that burnt-out car in Havelock North,” it read.

Police say she was Ariki Rigby (18), of Napier. Her family shared a statement on social media thanking people who had shown love and concern for Ariki. "It is ...

It's taken more than a week for the woman to be formally identified. Ariki is a former student of Whanganui Girls' College. Her sister said on social media on Sunday: "You funny and beautiful!

Police have identified Ariki Rigby as the young woman whose body was found at Havelock North's River Road Recreational Reserve.

Nā mātou te Whānau o Ariki." "Police are following a number of lines of inquiry in relation Ariki’s death but we continue to appeal for information from the public." Family of the woman whose body was discovered in a burnt-out car in Havelock North last week have taken to social media to pay tribute and ask for help with the ongoing homicide investigation.

WARNING: Contains content some people may find upsetting Heart-broken family members of Ariki Rigby have made a moving tribute to the slain teen - as well.

But to jump in the car and go there without changing my mind halfway down the road, or talking yourself out of it, [is hard]." It took more than a week for the woman to be formally identified. "I have been off and on ... I have just finished having a moment literally ... Ariki is a former student of Whanganui Girls' College. Several bunches of flowers have been laid over recent days where Ariki's body was found. When he had inspected the vehicle he had "noticed inside the car what to me looked like a corpse". A homicide investigation was launched late last week. Officers were first alerted to the wreck nine days ago. I love you sister. Nā mātou te Whānau o Ariki." Police confirmed on Tuesday that the body of a woman found in a car which had been torched in the Riverside Road Recreational Reserve's gravel carpark was that of the 18-year-old.