Location:

Bay of Plenty

Attribute to Rotorua Area Investigations Manager, Senior Sergeant Mark Van Kempen:

Police can now name the man who was found deceased in Rotorua on Friday.

He was Nicholas Patrick Mitchell, aged 37, from Rotorua. Our thoughts are with his family and friends during this difficult time.

He was found deceased in a vehicle on Ford Road shortly before 8:30pm on Friday.

The homicide investigation into his death is ongoing, and Police are conducting a large area canvass as part of ongoing enquiries in Fordlands today.