{"id":616906,"date":"2026-10-01T01:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T01:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/616906\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T01:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T01:02:18","slug":"woman-found-dead-at-christchurch-flat-remembered-man-charged-with-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/616906\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman found dead at Christchurch flat remembered, man charged with murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SarahSarah Megan Brown was described by a neighbour as \u201ca nice girl\u201d who was intelligent and enjoyed gardening.<\/p>\n

A neighbour told the Herald that Brown was \u201ca nice girl\u201d, who was intelligent and enjoyed gardening.<\/p>\n

She said Brown was a mum, although she said she didn\u2019t believe the child lived at the property.<\/p>\n

Another person online remembered the 36-year-old, saying she was taken too soon, adding, \u201cbless you girl\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice are not seeking anybody else in relation to this incident,\u201d Detective Senior Sergeant Colin Baillie said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA scene guard remains in place at the address while police complete a scene examination.<\/p>\n

\u201cResidents can continue to expect a police presence in the area as these inquiries continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto \/ Jazlyn Whales<\/p>\n

A lane was cordoned off, and several officers and police units were at the scene.<\/p>\n

A Herald reporter at the scene says police appear to be focusing on a property behind Elderwood Lane.<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice appear to be focusing inquiries on a property at the rear of Elderwood Lane. Photo \/ Jazlyn Whales<\/p>\n

A neighbour said there was a rowdy party at the flat on Tuesday night, which was a frequent occurrence.<\/p>\n

They said they heard 10 loud bangs from the back flat at 3am. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sarah Megan Brown was described by a neighbour as \u201ca nice girl\u201d who was intelligent and enjoyed gardening.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,1975,1558,13239,4487,690,634,9639,1874,6868,5158,4275,111,43,139,16408,69,15120,1337,6123,102,1354,11587],"class_list":["post-616906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-at","tag-been","tag-charged","tag-christchurch","tag-dead","tag-death","tag-flat","tag-found","tag-girl","tag-man","tag-murder","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nice","tag-nz","tag-remembered","tag-victim","tag-while","tag-with","tag-woman","tag-yesterday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616906","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=616906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}