Source: Radio New Zealand
Brendon and Trina Cole were found dead at a rural property in Ruatiti. SUPPLIED
No charges have been laid in relation to a homicide investigation in the central North Island where a couple were found dead.
It has been more than three weeks since since 56-year-old Brendon Leigh Cole and 54-year-old Trina Michelle Cole were found at a rural property in Ruatiti, west of Ruapehu, on 13 December.
A person of interest handed himself into police on Christmas Day.
The 29-year-old man was arrested on an active warrant, and appeared in Whanganui District Court on Boxing Day.
Police said no charges have been laid in relation to the deaths, and the homicide investigation was ongoing.
They said there were no significant updates.
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