Family Finds Remains Of Two Children In Suitcases They Won At Auction: 'Extremely Upsetting'

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[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] A New Zealand family unzipped a nightmare last week when they realized their newly-purchased suitcases contained human remains.

According to reports, the family made the grisly discovery after buying the pair of suitcases via an online auction. Police were called to a home in the South Auckland suburb of Manurewa after the remains were uncovered, and investigators quickly made an even more unsettling discovery: the human remains were of two children. Related: Mysterious Goodbye Horses Singer Q Lazzarus Dead At 59 During a press conference on Thursday, Detective Inspector Tofilau Fa’amanuia Va’aelua said the development would be “extremely upsetting for the community to hear,” sharing: Va’aelua noted that officials couldn’t determine an exact age of the victims due to “challenges in regards to how the bodies were presented,” but said they estimated the children were between the ages of 5 and 10.

He added that the department is “still on a fact finding mission and we still have a lot of unanswered questions,” sharing that post-mortem examinations and formal identification procedures are underway to try to establish the time, location, and cause of death.

The detective explained: Va’aelua said police believed the children’s bodies had been in the storage facility for three or four years before being found, adding that the family who made the gruesome discovery is “not connected to the death of the children.” He shared: Police said other household and personal items sold from the storage facility are being looked at to help in the identification of the victims, who authorities believe have relatives in New Zealand.