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Tukerangi search cops seek Corolla

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Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Wed, 5 Aug 2015, 7:39AM
LA Tukerangi (Supplied)
LA Tukerangi (Supplied)

Tukerangi search cops seek Corolla

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Wed, 5 Aug 2015, 7:39AM

Police searching for 15-year-old LA Tukerangi and the man she says has kidnapped her have identified a car they want to track down.

They say LA and 36-year-old Dean Whakatau were in the vehicle in Rotorua on Sunday evening.

It's a 1993 Toyota Corolla hatchback, coloured champagne brown, registration number SG 1810.

It possibly has a dent in a door and one or more grey primer patches on the paintwork.

Police want to hear from anyone who's seen it or knows where it is now.

Detective Senior Sergeant Zane Smith said they've had an overwhelming response from the public reporting possible sightings, and that's heart-warming.

However, despite that response and the significant media and social media coverage, neither Dean Whakatau or LA Tukerangi have made contact.

Smith said the pair was seen in the car in Rotorua on Sunday by someone who knows Whakatau well.

Anyone spotting the car should call 111 immediately - and not approach it.

"And that's so we don't cause them to flee. We need to be able to talk to LA as soon as possible, we want to make sure she's safe."

The registration number again is SG1810

 

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