10 Nov 2017

Suspect in Judith Yorke cold case named for first time

From Morning Report, 7:53 am on 10 November 2017

A suspect in a police cold case involving the disappearance of a Te Puke mother 25 years ago is being named for the first time. Judith Yorke, aged 25, was last seen at an orchard shed in Matapihi, where she was partying with about 30 others on October 21, 1992. The police are confident one of those people hold the key to solving the case but haven't gone back to them since, despite believing some of the witnesses lied. RNZ News has learned police considered Judith Yorke's former boyfriend, Aaron Komene, their main suspect. Paloma Migone looks into this story for RNZ's podcast, The Lost.