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Letters: Inquest into boy’s drowning

Saturday 19 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

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Letters: Inquest into boy’s drowning
Lapana Tupou with his family, from left, father Junior, sisters Metuakore and Mehau, mother Matapo, and sister Danina. 19092061

Dear editor, Police spokesperson Trevor Pitt (“Police discuss inquest into missing boy”, Oct 14) mentioned there were “legal complications” in investigating the death of a missing person, as they could not be formally declared dead for 7 years.

Dear editor, Police spokesperson Trevor Pitt (“Police discuss inquest into missing boy”, Oct 14) mentioned there were “legal complications” in investigating the death of a missing person, as they could not be formally declared dead for 7 years.


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