Parakao homicide: Police name victim as Geoffrey Wayne Ware
Homicide investigation 'Operation Cossar' was launched after a 55-year-old's death. Photo / NZME
A man who died at Parakao in Northland was Geoffrey Wayne Ware, aged 55.
Ware lived at the address where he died on May 9.
Police have launched a homicide investigation named 'Operation Cossar', into Ware's death.
Ambulance staff located Ware's body just before 4pm last Friday at the rural property about 40km west of Whangārei.
Whangārei Detective Senior Sergeant Michelle Harris said police were following strong lines of inquiry and a post-mortem had been completed.
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