{"id":621456,"date":"2026-10-05T17:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/621456\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T17:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:00:17","slug":"two-children-identified-among-three-found-dead-in-papatoetoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/621456\/","title":{"rendered":"Two children identified among three found dead in Papatoetoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two of the three people who were found dead at a South Auckland home last week were children, police say.<\/p>\n<p>They were Dahlia Neville, 6, Hunter Neville, 9, and Edward Courtenay James Neville, 40.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to Cambridge Tce in Papatoetoe at around 6.40pm on Thursday after a person was found dead at the property. Two others were found dead at the scene when officers arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-greyDarkFaded\">Police were called to a property on Cambridge Tce in Papatoetoe on Thursday night. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p>Detective Inspector Karen Bright said the investigation into the incident on behalf of the Coroner was ongoing and that it would take time to get answers for the family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our deepest condolences are with their family and friends during this difficult time,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The wh\u0101nau are being provided with wrap around support which will continue as we piece together the tragic events.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/police-investigate-following-three-deaths-at-cambridge-terra-X6TS53LLGRC45BXRADJNHZQZCU.jpg\" alt=\"Police investigate following three deaths at Cambridge Terrace, Papatoetoe\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Police investigate following three deaths at Cambridge Terrace, Papatoetoe (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n<p>The scene examination at the property was completed with the scene handed back to family on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would like to acknowledge the community for their outpouring of support for the family as they come to terms with this tragedy.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two of the three people who were found dead at a South Auckland home last week were children,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[51,67,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-621456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-auckland","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\/621456","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=621456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}