Pahīatua homicide: Police to do ‘final search’ for body of man believed to have killed his mother
Police in New Zealand are conducting a final search for Jeremy Robertson, the primary suspect in the homicide of his mother, Karen Gilbert-Palmer. Authorities believe Robertson died shortly after fleeing to the Rotorua area last year.
Why it matters
The search aims to provide closure to the victim's family and resolve a long-standing missing person and homicide investigation.
Search and rescue teams have searched the shorelines and island of Rotorua's Blue and Green lakes for Jeremy Robertson after the death of his mother in Pahīatua.
Police will conduct one last search for a Pāhiatua man they believe killed his own mother before fleeing town.
Jeremy Robertson is thought to have died shortly after leaving the Wairarapa town and arriving in Rotorua in October last year.
He is the sole person of interest in the investigation into the death of his mother, Karen Gilbert-Palmer in Pāhiatua.
Robertson, in his 50s, is believed to have taken a car from his mother’s property and driven about 350km to Rotorua, where the vehicle was found abandoned at the Blue and Green Lakes lookout on Tarawera Rd.
Since the car arrived at the carpark, there has been no activity on his bank accounts or mobile phone, Detective Sergeant Richard How said today.
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