Body Found, Convictions Secured | Auckland News

Auckland News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 29, 2026 · 1m

A Chinese woman vanished after arriving in New Zealand on a tourist visa—only to be found months later, dead and weighted down with stones, bound in tape and buried in rubbish bags. The man she came to meet, Kaixiao Liu, and his wife, along with his parents, were convicted of kidnapping and manslaughter, with evidence revealing she was held in servitude, punished for minor infractions, and ultimately silenced. Her body was identified through rice bag serial numbers, and court recordings show Liu manipulating her son to lie about her death. Despite convictions, her family’s claims about her…