{"id":104524,"date":"2025-10-28T03:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T03:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/104524\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T03:44:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T03:44:25","slug":"pahiatua-homicide-motorists-should-not-pick-up-hitchhikers-resembling-jeremy-robertson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/104524\/","title":{"rendered":"Pah\u012batua homicide: Motorists should not pick up hitchhikers resembling Jeremy Robertson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe would like to thank those people who have contacted us regarding possible sightings of Robertson. Police are following up on all information received but as yet no information received has resulted in a substantiated sighting of Robertson,\u201d Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Thompson said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cRobertson should not be approached if seen \u2013 we are asking instead that people call 111 immediately to advise us, quoting file number 251015\/6286.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">The Herald understands Robertson is known to hitchhike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAny motorists who see a hitchhiker who resembles Robertson are asked not to stop but to call police immediately on 111,\u201d a police spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Police are urging the public not to approach Jeremy Robertson but to call 111 immediately if they see him.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Police are urging the public not to approach Jeremy Robertson but to call 111 immediately if they see him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">Thompson has declined to give interviews about the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">Police are continuing to appeal for sightings of Gilbert-Palmer\u2019s red, late-model Mitsubishi ASX VRX station wagon, registration QGU91.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">It was discovered at the Blue and Green Lakes Lookout on Tarawera Rd, Rotorua, 350km away from Pah\u012batua, a short time after her death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">Police believe Robertson arrived in the area about 2am the morning after Gilbert-Palmer\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">Members of the public had seen the vehicle parked at the lookout carpark from about 8am on the Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Police believe Jeremy Robertson was driving the red Mitsubishi ASX, registration QGU91, taken from the scene of a suspected homicide in Pah\u012batua. Image \/ NZ Police\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Police believe Jeremy Robertson was driving the red Mitsubishi ASX, registration QGU91, taken from the scene of a suspected homicide in Pah\u012batua. Image \/ NZ Police<\/p>\n<p class=\"qtLpbIHvhN\" style=\"display:none\">Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice, and news in the capital. She joined the Herald in 2016 and has worked as a journalist for 10 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe would like to thank those people who have contacted us regarding possible sightings of Robertson. 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