A joint coronial inquest into a murder and a suspected suicide starts in Christchurch this morning.
Nicole Tuxford was murdered by Paul Tainui in her Christchurch home in 2018, while he was on parole for a similar murder.
The sudden death of the father of Tainui's earlier victim is also under investigation.
Ōtautahi reporter Niva Chittock is covering the inquest.
