4:47 pm today

Fourth person charged in Gulf Harbour homicide case

4:47 pm today
Seven months after the discovery of a body in a bag found in Gulf Harbour, Police can now reveal the identity of the victim.

She was Shulai Wang, 70, of China.

Photo: Supplied / Police

A fourth person has been charged more than a year after a woman was found dead, stuffed in a black rubbish bag, in Gulf Harbour north of Auckland.

The body of 70-year-old Shulai Wang was found in March last year.

A 64-year-old man has been arrested on the same manslaughter and kidnapping charges after police searched a property in Orewa.

Police said the arrest came after a "gruelling 14-month investigation".

A 37-year-old man, a 36-year-old woman and a 61-year-old woman were already facing charges of kidnapping and manslaughter.

The new suspect will appear in North Shore District Court on Friday.

"As the matter is before the court, police are limited in providing further comment," police said in a statement on Thursday.

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