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About David Harvey Crewe
David Harvey Crewe (20 October 1941 – c.17 June 1970), known as Harvey, and Jeannette Lenore Crewe (6 February 1940 – c.17 June 1970) were a New Zealand farming couple (married 18 June 1966 in Auckland) who were shot to death around 17 June 1970. The murders led to the wrongful conviction and subsequent pardoning of a farmer who lived nearby. A Royal Commission set up to investigate the miscarriage of justice found that a detective had fabricated evidence and placed it at the scene of the crime. No person was ever charged with planting the evidence, and the murders remain unsolved.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_and_Jeannette_Crewe
- Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Mar 10 2018, 6:29:27 UTC
David known by his middle name of Harney, was born in 1941. He was the son of a prominent Pahiatua family. He married Jeannette Demler in 1966, and they farmed the Chennells estate near Pukekawa, that had been passed down to her and her sister. The farming couple died in a double murder, or possibly a murder–suicide, around 17 June 1970. Their bodies were removed and dumped into the nearby Waikato river, being recovered months later. A local farmer Arthur Allan Thomas was twice convicted of their murders but later given a Royal Pardon on 17 December 1979. Their infant child Rochelle, survived five days (alone?) until the discovery of the murder, which has never been solved.
- Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 29 2020, 3:12:06 UTC
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David Harvey Crewe's Timeline
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October 20, 1941
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Pahiatua, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand
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June 17, 1970
Age 28
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Pukekawa, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
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Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
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