Police hold media standup as investigation into baby Ruthless-Empire's homicide continues

  • Updated
  • 10/11/2023

Police have fronted a standup in relation to the ongoing investigation into the homicide of infant Ruthless-Empire Ahipene-Wall, also known as baby Ru.

The standup began at 10am on Friday at the Lower Hutt Police Station.

Baby Ru was killed at a Taita address on October 22. What was initially described as an unexplained death was upgraded to a homicide on October 26, when police revealed the post-mortem results showed he died due to blunt-force trauma.

This livestream has now ended - watch the full press conference above.