{"id":200957,"date":"2025-12-25T07:44:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T07:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/200957\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T07:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T07:44:16","slug":"man-wanted-for-questioning-in-ruatiti-homicide-turns-himself-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/200957\/","title":{"rendered":"Man wanted for questioning in Ruatiti homicide turns himself in"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sheep<\/p>\n

\nSheep farmer husband and wife, Brendon, 56, and Trina Cole, 54, were found dead at their Murumuru Road property in the farming community of Ruatiti on 13 December.
\nPhoto: Google Maps \/ Screenshot\n<\/p>\n

A man wanted for questioning after a double homicide in the central North Island has handed himself over to police.<\/p>\n

It has been almost two weeks since 56-year-old Brendon Leigh Cole and 54-year-old Trina Michelle Cole were found dead at a rural property in Ruatiti, west of Ruapehu on 13 December.<\/p>\n

Police have been searching the nearby bush for a 29-year-old man.<\/p>\n

Central District Commander Superintendent Dion Bennett said the man had given himself up.<\/p>\n

“He has presented himself to Whanganui Police Station today about 1.30pm and was arrested on an active warrant, due to appear in the Whanganui District Court tomorrow,” he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“Police on ground in the area will now be making further enquiries in the investigation.”<\/p>\n

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