A police cordon surrounds the scene of an unexplained death at Spinnaker Lane in Clifton. (Photo / Kurt Bayer)

Woman who died in Redcliffs on Monday named

Author: Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018, 6:16PM

Police have named a woman who died in Redcliffs yesterday.

She was Lauren Mikaila Biddle, a 22-year-old American citizen who was working in New Zealand.

A post-mortem was completed today and preliminary results have been forwarded to the Coroner.

Police are still carrying out a scene examination at a Spinnaker Lane address.

Emergency services were initially called by a friend who was performing CPR on Biddle on Clifton Terrace.

Police have contacted her US-based family and have been working with the US Embassy.