#Latest news with #MonaBlades'NZ Herald30-05-2025NZ HeraldNo DNA, no CCTV, no chance: The 50-year hunt for what really happened to Mona BladesMona Blades' disappearance and police reliance on an orange Datsun still haunt New Zealanders 50 years on. Would such a mystery have a different outcome today? By Greg Bruce On the Saturday morning of Queen's Birthday weekend, May 31, 1975, Mona Blades stepped out of her brother-in-law's car on the outskirts of Hamilton and into the staccato stop-motion nightmare of what remained of her life.
NZ Herald30-05-2025NZ HeraldNo DNA, no CCTV, no chance: The 50-year hunt for what really happened to Mona BladesMona Blades' disappearance and police reliance on an orange Datsun still haunt New Zealanders 50 years on. Would such a mystery have a different outcome today? By Greg Bruce On the Saturday morning of Queen's Birthday weekend, May 31, 1975, Mona Blades stepped out of her brother-in-law's car on the outskirts of Hamilton and into the staccato stop-motion nightmare of what remained of her life.