Lauraine McLean

1973: Donald Armstrong Akuira McLean On 7 December 1973, Donald's wife Lauraine McLean shot her husband in the head whilst he slept in their Oropi home situated across the road from Oropi School. Half an hour later she heard him making a horrible noise so she shot him again (reg. 1974/39416). She had discovered that Donald's girlfriend, Lucy Waenga, was pregnant with his child and could not bring herself to separate from her husband. Lauraine was found guilty of manslaughter. Source: Tauranga Murders by Debbie McCauley.