'May Provide New Leads': New DNA Tech Could Solve Cold Case Child Rape and Murder

Police investigation continues 45 years after girl's murder

Police say they’re committed to solving the rape and murder of an Auckland girl that happened in 1980. File photo supplied Forty-five years ago, Alicia O’Reilly was raped and murdered in her family’s Auckland home. Police say they continue to investigate the events, which happened at a residential property on Canal Road, Avondale, in the early hours of August 16, 1980. No one has yet been held accountable for the six-year-old girl’s death. In 20…

Police to re-examine murder of 6-year-old, 45 years on

Alicia O'Reilly was murdered in 1980, when she was just six years old. Photo: Supplied/New Zealand Herald Warning: this story discusses the murder and assault of a child.

Police use new DNA tech to re-examine death of 6-year-old Auckland girl, 45 years on

Alicia O'Reilly was killed in Auckland 45 years ago. Detectives hope that a DNA sample could provide fresh leads.

Police use new DNA tech to re-examine death of 6-year-old, 45 years on

Police hope to use a forensic tool to solve the murder of Alicia O'Reilly, who was killed in Auckland in 1980.

'May provide new leads': New DNA tech could solve cold case child rape and murder

A new genetic investigative tool could help police catch the person who raped and killed 6-year-old Alicia O’Reilly 45 years ago. Alicia was raped and...

Police pursue new DNA leads in 1980 Alicia O’Reilly murder case - Daily Telegraph NZ

Alicia O’Reilly (L), and her family home on Canal Road, Avondale, Auckland (R). Forty-five years ago, Alicia O’Reilly was tragically raped and murdered in her Avondale family home. Police continue to investigate the events on Canal Road in the early hours of 16 August 1980. No one has yet been held accountable for the 6-year-old girl’s death. In 2020, Police began a re-investigation into the homicide under Operation Sturbridge. In recent years a…