{"id":165357,"date":"2025-12-03T03:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T03:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/165357\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T03:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T03:10:08","slug":"teenager-17-charged-with-murder-after-kyle-whorrall-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/165357\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager, 17, charged with murder after Kyle Whorrall killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"kTSKoVNBhtQWC\" style=\"display:none\">The 17-year-old is the second teenager to be charged with murder in the case and will appear in the Auckland Youth Court tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kTSKoVNBhtQWC\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe have advised Kyle\u2019s family in California of this significant development, and we continue to remain in contact with them as our investigation progresses,\u201d Baldwin said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kTSKoVNBhtQWC\" style=\"display:none\">The homicide investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kTSKoVNBhtQWC\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur focus will not waver in this case as we continue to ensure those who are responsible for Kyle\u2019s death, face justice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kTSKoVNBhtQWC\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhilst this is a significant development, it is not over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"kTSKoVNBhtQWC\" style=\"display:none\">Police encourage anyone with information to contact police online or call 105 using the reference number 250419\/9858, or Operation Aberfeldy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kTSKoVNBhtQWC\" style=\"display:none\">Information can also be reported anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kTSKoVNBhtQWC\" style=\"display:none\">Two people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/crime\/st-johns-rd-homicide-not-guilty-plea-entered-for-16yo-accused-of-murdering-kyle-whorrall-at-auckland-bus-stop\/WLVQZO2VGBFJFGNLT5PI5DKANQ\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/crime\/st-johns-rd-homicide-not-guilty-plea-entered-for-16yo-accused-of-murdering-kyle-whorrall-at-auckland-bus-stop\/WLVQZO2VGBFJFGNLT5PI5DKANQ\/\" target=\"_blank\">were arrested by the Operation Aberfeldy investigation team in late April<\/a>; however, police have maintained others were in the car on the night Whorrall was fatally attacked. <\/p>\n<p class=\"kTSKoVNBhtQWC\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 17-year-old is the second teenager to be charged with murder in the case and will appear in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[15140,41814,74,51,1558,13239,634,42,11156,44012,4275,43,1523,4054,40,38,41,39,44013,102],"class_list":["post-165357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-15140","tag-17yearold","tag-after","tag-auckland","tag-been","tag-charged","tag-death","tag-headlines","tag-killing","tag-kyle","tag-murder","tag-news","tag-over","tag-teenager","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-whorrall","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}