{"id":615820,"date":"2026-09-29T23:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T23:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/615820\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T23:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T23:50:12","slug":"homicide-probe-launched-after-woman-dies-in-christchurch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/615820\/","title":{"rendered":"Homicide probe launched after woman dies in Christchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"

A homicide investigation has been launched after a woman’s death in Christchurch’s Edgeware this morning. <\/p>\n

Detective Senior Sergeant Colin Baillie said officers were called to a Purchas Street property just before 6am.<\/p>\n

“Upon arrival, a woman was located deceased,” he said. <\/p>\n

Neighbours heard partying before woman found dead – watch on TVNZ+<\/a><\/p>\n

A second person who was at the address is being questioned by police.<\/p>\n

A neighbour who lives near the scene said there had been some kind of party there yesterday afternoon. <\/p>\n

Detective Senior Sergeant Colin Baillie said officers were called to a Purchas Street property just before 6am. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Bailie said police were not seeking anybody else over the death, saying there was “not believed to be any risk to public safety”. <\/p>\n

“A scene guard is in place, residents can expect to see an increased police presence in the area,” he added. <\/p>\n

\"Officers<\/p>\n

Officers at the scene on Purchase St, Edgeware. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Staff will also be conducting reassurance patrols in the coming days.<\/p>\n

St John said it was notified of an incident just before 6am, and sent one ambulance which was not required. <\/p>\n

1News footage from the scene on Purchas St showed police officers gathered down a long driveway that had been cordoned off to the public.<\/p>\n

Officers could be seen going through bins and emptying their contents onto the driveway.<\/p>\n

The morning’s headlines in 90 seconds, including Opportunity’s challenge to National, and a big milestone for the world’s tallest bridge. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A homicide investigation has been launched after a woman’s death in Christchurch’s Edgeware this morning. Detective Senior Sergeant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[158,67,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-615820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-christchurch-canterbury","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615820","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=615820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}