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Wishart, Ian.

Missing pieces / Ian Wishart. - Auckland, NZ : Howling at the Moon, 2012. - 256 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.

On cover: Swedish tourists' murders : the haunting new evidence. Includes advertisement of the author's books at the back of the book.

Includes bibliographical references.

"John Hughes was New Zealand’s toughest cop, David Tamihere was New Zealand’s most wanted man, and the 1989 disappearance of Swedish tourists Heidi Paakkonen and Urban Hoglin in the Coromandel was the country’s most perplexing murder mystery. Heidi has never been found. In 1990, David Tamihere was jailed for the double murders, despite an absence of bodies. There’s no doubt that Tamihere had the form and personality of a prime suspect: a convicted killer and rapist on the run. With Tamihere now having served his time, however, there are nagging suspicions that police went with an easy collar, rather than the real murderer. Ian Wishart covered the case from its inception: the depositions hearing, the 1990 trial, the discovery of Urban Hoglin’s body in 1991 and the appeals that followed. Now, in this book, Wishart not only provides the first complete overview of the case, he also adds several major new pieces to the puzzle and analyses their significance. Did Tamihere do it, or should the case be re-opened? You be the judge..."--Back cover..


ISBN: 9780987657374 (pbk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Paakkonen, Heidi.
Hoglin, Urban.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Murder victims--New Zealand.
Murder--Investigation--New Zealand
Murderers--New Zealand.