Macabre discovered in New Zealand on August 18, 2022. Police are investigating the murder of two children whose remains were discovered in suitcases obtained after an auction in bulk organized in a depot, reported the Sydney Morning Herald. Authorities have launched a homicide investigation in Auckland. The two children were between 5 and 10 years old and would have been dead for several years, according to information from the New Zealand police.
Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Vaaelua explained to local media that the bodies of the children had to be fully identified but it appears that the victims had family in New Zealand. It is also possible that their relatives were not aware that they were deceased. The police did not give more information on the circumstances of their death or if there were any suspects. Clues must certainly be found in the other elements acquired in the same batch.
People who bought these suitcases randomly in an auction organized by a storage company are not considered to be connected to the crime. They are totally upset and traumatized by this discovery., said the police chief. According to their neighbors, as soon as they returned from this sale, a terrible smell emanated from the trailer in which the property was located.
Bulk sales are buying a whole dumpster of goods, without knowing exactly what’s inside. They have been popularized in particular by television programs such as Storage Wars in the USA. This is how buyers can acquire valuable objects by surprise at a favorable price. This time it’s a particularly sordid lot which has been recovered from these objects of furniture which have been abandoned for years or which are in judicial liquidation. Could such an incident occur in France? According to the Travauxavenue.com website, “the use of storage boxes is still a fairly limited activity in France, and bad payers are rare“.