Man charged with murdering Ranui women
A man has been charged with the murders of two women thought to be a mother and daughter after they were found dead with stab wounds in west Auckland.
The 55-year-old was charged on Tuesday morning and would appear in Waitakere District Court.
The names of the women will be released once formal identification has taken place, police said in a statement.
On Monday, police were called to the address in Pooks Road, Ranui about 10am after the male occupant of the home rang emergency services.
They found a woman in her mid 50s and a younger woman in her late teens dead and it appeared they had recently been stabbed, Detective Inspector Greg Cramer told media.
The dead women were from Pakistan.
Police initially were only talking to the man at the house, who was a family member of the dead women.
