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  •   Home > News > National

    Police are upgrading a man's charges to murder - over the discovery of an 84-year-old woman's body in Auckland this month

    Police are upgrading a man's charges to murder - over the discovery of an 84-year-old woman's body in Auckland this month


    Officers called to a home in Papatoetoe's Ashlynne Avenue on August 9, found Joan Beale dead.

    Police have now laid murder charges against a 50-year-old, who was scheduled to reappear in Manukau District Court today on assault charges.

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