UPDATE: Bromley homicide investigation + family statement

Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Nicola Reeves:

Police are continuing their homicide investigation into the death of a woman in Bromley, Christchurch.

Valerie (Val) Heaney, aged 64, was located deceased on Monday 4 April in her Walcot Street home.

We acknowledge this is a distressing time for Val’s friends and family and everyone is anxious to know what happened.

Police can reassure the community we are working hard and following lines of inquiry to establish the facts surrounding her death.

/NZ Police Public Release. View in full here.