Radio NZ
January 8 2007; 16:56
Sexual attack not ruled out in death of 10 yr old girl
Charlene Makaza died in hospital on
Sunday morning after being found unconscious and breathing erratically in her
bed.
The first post mortem gave police an
early indication that Charlene had been smothered, and that her death was a
homicide, but they are waiting on the results of a second post mortem to reveal
more details on how she died.
Detective Inspector Malcolm Johnston
says a sexual attack has not been ruled out. "We'll wait until we get the
final results from the post-mortem, and we'll go further with that. Nothing's
been ruled out; it's an absolute mystery as to ....how the injuries were
inflicted. "
However, Detective Inspector
Johnston says following a thorough examination of the girl's Ilam house today, the police have ruled out the possibility
that an intruder was involved.
He says police have now interviewed
all of the family members who there over the weekend, but officers will remain
at the house for several days.