{"id":541852,"date":"2026-07-24T11:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/541852\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T11:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:34:26","slug":"police-execute-search-warrants-in-relation-to-wellington-homicide-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/541852\/","title":{"rendered":"Police execute search warrants in relation to Wellington homicide investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police investigating a homicide<\/a> in the Wellington region want information about sightings of two cars.<\/p>\n

Nathaniel Sturmey, 29, was found dead at a property on Malone Road in Lower Hutt on 9 April.<\/p>\n

Police say they have executed a number of search warrants across the Wellington region as enquiries into his death continue.<\/p>\n

Detective Inspector Jamie Woods said the investigation team was making significant progress.<\/p>\n

Police were focusing on a number of people, including some who were known to Nathaniel Sturmey, he said.<\/p>\n

“Thanks to those who have spoken with us – anyone else who has information and has not yet talked with us please get in touch.”<\/p>\n

Police are seeking sightings of a black 2010 Nissan Qashqai in and around the Waterloo area of Lower Hutt on the night of Wednesday 8 April and the early hours of Thursday 9 April, as well as in the Naenae area on Sunday 12 April.<\/p>\n

Police also want to hear from anyone who saw a grey 2007 Audi A4 in and around the Waterloo area on the night of Wednesday 8 April and the early hours of Thursday 9 April.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information that may assist the investigation is can call 105, quoting reference number 260409\/9927 or provide information anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n

Police want to hear from anyone who saw a grey 2007 Audi A4 in and around the Waterloo area on the night of 8 April and the early hours of 9 April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police investigating a homicide in the Wellington region want information about sightings of two cars. Nathaniel Sturmey, 29,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-541852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541852","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=541852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}