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| New Zealand police have said they are treating the disappearance of British backpacker Grace Millane a week ago as a homicide inquiry, and are speaking to a 26-year-old man. | New Zealand police have said they are treating the disappearance of British backpacker Grace Millane a week ago as a homicide inquiry, and are speaking to a 26-year-old man. |
| “Grace is no longer alive, this is now a murder investigation,” said Detective Inspector Scott Beard of Auckland city police, citing evidence uncovered during the investigation, including CCTV footage and scene examinations. | |
| Grace Millane's father makes emotional appeal for information | Grace Millane's father makes emotional appeal for information |
| “The family are devastated, everybody who is a parent out there will understand what this family is going through. There is family back in the UK and our hearts go out to them as well.” | “The family are devastated, everybody who is a parent out there will understand what this family is going through. There is family back in the UK and our hearts go out to them as well.” |
| Beard added: “We still do not know where Grace is. We are determined to find her and return her to her family.” | Beard added: “We still do not know where Grace is. We are determined to find her and return her to her family.” |
| Millane, a 22-year-old from Essex, was on a year-long round-the-world trip after graduating from the University of Lincoln with a degree in advertising and marketing when she went missing in Auckland a week ago. She had arrived in New Zealand on 20 November, following a six-week visit to South America. | Millane, a 22-year-old from Essex, was on a year-long round-the-world trip after graduating from the University of Lincoln with a degree in advertising and marketing when she went missing in Auckland a week ago. She had arrived in New Zealand on 20 November, following a six-week visit to South America. |
| Police said the 26-year-old man was located in central Auckland on Saturday afternoon. He then walked to a nearby police station where he was being questioned. | Police said the 26-year-old man was located in central Auckland on Saturday afternoon. He then walked to a nearby police station where he was being questioned. |
| The man being questioned was with Millane at a number of places in central Auckland on the night she disappeared, Beard said, entering the City Life Hotel with her at 9.41pm on 1 December. That is the last confirmed sighting of the backpacker. Beard refused to speculate on how Millane had met the man, and said the police’s priority was finding her. | The man being questioned was with Millane at a number of places in central Auckland on the night she disappeared, Beard said, entering the City Life Hotel with her at 9.41pm on 1 December. That is the last confirmed sighting of the backpacker. Beard refused to speculate on how Millane had met the man, and said the police’s priority was finding her. |
| Police have also identified and secured a vehicle of interest in relation to the murder of Millane, and were making inquiries to find out exactly where that vehicle had been. | Police have also identified and secured a vehicle of interest in relation to the murder of Millane, and were making inquiries to find out exactly where that vehicle had been. |
| Earlier on Saturday police released images of items belonging to Millane that were missing: a watch, necklace and her passport. | Earlier on Saturday police released images of items belonging to Millane that were missing: a watch, necklace and her passport. |
| Experts are still examining a room at the City Life hotel and Millane’s father, David, made a plea for people to come forward with any information about his daughter’s disappearance. | Experts are still examining a room at the City Life hotel and Millane’s father, David, made a plea for people to come forward with any information about his daughter’s disappearance. |
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