8 Oct 2020

Case #012 - Heavy Metal

From Crimes NZ, 9:00 am on 8 October 2020

Fifty-five year old John Reynolds was discovered lying in a pool of blood at this scrap metal yard in 1996.

He had been hit repeatedly around the head with a blunt instrument.

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John Reynolds was killed at his scrap metal yard Photo: Pixabay

More than two decades on, Mr Reynolds' killer has never been found but the case is still very much alive. 

Blair Ensor and Martin Van Beynen investigated the murder for the three-part Stuff podcast, Heavy Metal.

They were told there were no signs of a struggle, suggesting Reynolds was hit from behind and incapacitated and if robbery was the motive, the killer missed $2200 in the top pocket of his work shirt.

 

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