{"id":162193,"date":"2022-08-16T02:29:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T02:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=162193"},"modified":"2022-08-16T02:29:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T02:29:21","slug":"serial-killer-fears-as-young-family-make-a-skin-crawling-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/serial-killer-fears-as-young-family-make-a-skin-crawling-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Serial killer fears as young family make a skin-crawling discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Serial killer fears as young family makes a skin-crawling discovery after unwittingly buying a suitcase full of human remains inside an abandoned storage unit<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>An Auckland family bought the contents of an abandoned storage locker\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Storage facilities auctioning off lockers with unpaid rent is common practice\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>NZ Police are investigating after human remains were found in suitcases\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Only after winning the auction did the wannabe treasure hunters look closely\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A family has got the shock of their life after buying the contents of an abandoned storage unit and finding the remains of multiple dead bodies stashed inside suitcases.<\/p>\n<p>The New Zealand residents bid in an auction last week and won the unit&#8217;s contents &#8211; a common practice for storage sheds with unpaid rent which has even turned into a popular US reality TV show, Storage Wars.<\/p>\n<p>Buyers are not allowed to rifle through the contents in depth before the auction and only when the family began looking through what they&#8217;d purchased back at their\u00a0south Auckland house did they make the chilling discovery.<\/p>\n<p>Police are now hunting for a serial killer as forensic investigators scramble to determine how many victims were inside the suitcase.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I feel sorry for the family because they&#8217;ve got nothing to do with it,&#8217; one neighbour, Shelton Honana, told Newshub.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Whoever did do it &#8230; front up. It&#8217;s a bit unfair, bro. It&#8217;s horrific, f***ing scary,&#8217; he added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/08\/15\/15\/61399969-11112943-image-a-8_1660573709238.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Forensic police remove a hire trailer used to cart back the storage unit&#8217;s contents (pictured)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/08\/15\/15\/61399993-11112943-image-a-10_1660573738945.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Auctioning off lockers with unpaid rent is a common practice that has even been turned into a popular US reality show (pictured: Television show Storage Wars)<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses reported seeing three different hearses outside the house on Thursday night after authorities were called in by the shaken buyers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A large hire trailer used to transport the haul was also taken from the house by investigators.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives said the family had no involvement other than unfortunately bidding on the wrong unit.<\/p>\n<p>Uniformed officer and forensic teams swarmed the house after the discovery and extra police were stationed in Moncrief Aventue in Clendon Park over the weekend .\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Counselling in being offered to the occupants.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/08\/15\/15\/61399973-11112943-image-a-11_1660573751082.jpg\" height=\"358\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Detectives and forensic teams swarmed the house of a family who unwittingly purchased the contents at auction (pictured)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The priority for police is to confirm the identification of the deceased so that we can establish the full circumstances behind the discovery,&#8217; an NZ Police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;However, we are still awaiting the completion and results of the post-mortem examination so we are unable to comment.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Auctioning off packed storage lockers that have been abandoned is often used by companies as a way of getting back some of the rent a customer hasn&#8217;t paid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The practice even inspired it&#8217;s own TV show &#8211; Storage Wars &#8211; in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The series set in California has run for more than a decade stating in 2010 with the latest series in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/08\/15\/16\/61399977-11112943-Buyers_hoping_to_find_treasure_bid_on_abandoned_storage_units_la-m-10_1660578771678.jpg\" height=\"782\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Buyers hoping to find treasure bid on abandoned storage units largely unaware what they&#8217;re buying (pictured: Storage Wars)<\/p>\n<p>Under the similar rules in California, lockers are auctioned off when rent hasn&#8217;t been paid for three months.<\/p>\n<p>Competing buyers can view the contents for five minutes but are not allowed to enter the storage unit or open any boxes or luggage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They are hoping to find treasure but are largely unaware of what they are bidding on.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11112943\/NZ-serial-killer-Human-remains-suitcase-auctioned-storage-unit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serial killer fears as young family makes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":162192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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