Pathology report to establish cause of NZ visitor's death [1]
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 17:46. Updated on Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 17:59.
Tonga Police await a pathologist's report before they will make further comment on the death of a New Zealand visitor Gregory Reynolds whose body was found on Sunday, 24 April in a dense bush area close to the Liku’alofa Beach Resort on the western side of Tongatapu.
"We are awaiting results of the pathologist's report from Vaiola Hospital before Commissioner of Police Steve Caldwell can make any further comment," said a police spokesperson today.
The 47-year-old man who was a guest at the resort was last seen on the morning of Thursday, 7 April.
He was reported missing to police on Friday, 8 April. An extensive land and sea search for two weeks was suspended on 22 April. His remains were not discovered until 24 April.