Body found in Waikato layby...

[The_Dover]

If it was a male motorcyclist, which I am picking it is.... he stopped to take a piss........ he didnt do it near the edge of the road, cos of passing cars picking up on their beams his thingee hanging out....... or not wanting to be hit by a passing car.

How far off the road do you usually walk then to avoid the illumination?

[Maha]

How far off the road do you usually walk then to avoid the illumination?

Or.....humilliation!!.....but not i my case.....
I just step off the bike and and go Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....
Flashback !!!......Tall man behind small hedge in Paeroa a few months back?

[Lias]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/3947566a10.html


Waikato layby victim a mum of three
NZPA | Thursday, 1 February 2007
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JOHN SELKIRK/Dominion Post

The murdered woman whose decomposing body was found near the Waikato town of Morrinsville last weekend, has been named as mother-of-three Rowena Kopara.

Police this afternoon released the name of the 35-year-old, who had last been seen on January 20 by relatives in Otara.

Ms Kopara had three children in their late teens and early 20s, police told a press conference a short time ago.

Ms Kopara's naked body was found late on Sunday night at the layby near Patetonga.

It was badly decomposed and police said she had been in the area for between three and 10 days.

A specialist forensic search team had been called in and police divers were to search the Piako River, a short distance from the layby where the woman's body was found.

Police said the water was murky and it was not known how long the search would take.

No personal items were found.

The inquiry was upgraded yesterday to a homicide inquiry when police confirmed she had been murdered.

Police have meanwhile urged people to look closely at anyone acting suspiciously.

Ms Kopara may have been dead for 10 days but police say with the publicity, the killer may now be starting to feel the heat and may be acting suspiciously or out of character.

"There may be some behaviour changes now the body has been found and it is getting some public scrutiny and it might be affecting someone," Waikato police spokesman Tony Sasso said today.

Mr Sasso said police had had a good response to appeal for information about vehicles seen near the layby but the best they could say was that the body had been in the layby for between three and 10 days.

"We are very happy with the level of response from the public. We are working through sightings from the layby."

[Edbear]

Main thing when wandering around looking for horrible smells, is to be VERY careful where you place your feet. Undergrowth can grow over a body , and stepping on the apparent bump in the ground can be , um, very unpleasant. And take a LOT of scrubbing off.

And you know this how?

[Alice]

Possible scenario,.......Its not long dark at 10.00 at night. If you are a smoker needing a fix and a piss then a layby is probably a good place to do so. After having a pee and lighting your fag and maybe wandering around a bit cause its a pleasant still moonlight night and you have nobody to talk to, (except a dead body ) and your a fidgity type of person, you notice a bad smell, not just a bad smell, but a particularly bad smell. Being perhaps... also a inquisitive type of person, you decide to wander towards the odour only to find something you would rather not discover.

Something suspicious about that ! ......I think not.

[jrandom]

OK, I confess. It was me. I dunnit.

[Paul in NZ]

Ex soldier or fire / police / ambo 'knew' what that smell was and did the right thing? 1000 possible reasons. Who knows but I'm sure the boys in blue will cover all bases.

[onearmedbandit]

Nothing suspicious at all. In fact as a smoker I'm going to stop in more lay-bys and investigate any bad smells in the locale. Never know my luck eh?

[KATWYN]

RIP to Rowena.

I couldn't help but notice in the photo the cut and bump on the opposite side of her left eye.....

I hope its not another case of domestic violence to add to the list.

Once again RIP

[candor]

Like the killer is truly sweating given our "justice" system. Interesting how an article said there had been a lot of activity round there. And how come no-one noticed a mum of several missing for says. This smells like more than a dommy, maybe she got on wrong side of wrong people. Mighta been better hidden then pulled forward to be found once they covered all their tracks best as poss. Poor lady - hope they get the right man / people off the street soon, but looks like the evidence will let just 'bout anyone take the rap.

[Fat Tony]

It's unusual to stop in a layby around Leeda and not find a body

[scumdog]

Just heard that to date New York City has had 2 homicides for 8.8 million population base since the start of the new year, piss poor compared to NZs 7 dead eh?

[Beemer]

You see it wont be a woman stopping to take a piss on the side of the road...... cos of all the gear to get down around ya ankles to squat... TMI.
Plus ladies wait and go into the toilet.

No, most ladies aren't vulgar enough to refer to urination as "taking a piss". Peeing on the side of the road can be done though, or are your legs too short to cope with the bunching up of your bike pants? Ladies may prefer to wait for a toilet but you've obviously never toured the back roads of the South Island, have you? Not many loos in Black Forest Station or along the Hakataramea Pass...

[Pixie]

Maybe it's because I'm a female, but even male friends have said that there is no way they would be investigating strange odours in a layby at 10pm. What made this guy look and what made him think it was anything more suspicious than rotting rubbish or a dead animal? Never smelled a decomposing body before so I have no idea if they have a recognisable smell!

Nothing stinky is going to hurt you.It's the ones that are still alive to be wary of

[crashe]

No, most ladies aren't vulgar enough to refer to urination as "taking a piss". I never said I was a lady. I used all sorts of terminology for piddling/weeing/urinating/weeing/ and taking the piss.... in my post

Peeing on the side of the road can be done though, or are your legs too short to cope with the bunching up of your bike pants? Yes I am a short person. Plus I do prefer to pee in a toilet

Ladies may prefer to wait for a toilet but you've obviously never toured the back roads of the South Island, have you? No, I havent.

Not many loos in Black Forest Station or along the Hakataramea Pass... Sorry, but where are those places?

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