# New Zealand family discovers bodies of two children in abandoned suitcases **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934 "2022-08-19T07:13:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/1 "2022-08-19T07:13:12Z")
Jesus this would just be a never-ending nightmare > **[New Zealand family discovers bodies of two children in abandoned suitcases](https://news.yahoo.com/zealand-family-discovers-bodies-two-140307811.html)** > > The human remains of two young children have been found in two abandoned suitcases that were bought at an auction in New Zealand, police have confirmed. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/2 "2022-08-19T07:50:50Z")
Is this related to this thread? > [@Storage Wars - body parts version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-wars-body-parts-version/969782): > > “I’ll get a buddy to look at these - good market for body parts at the local flea market.” \< narrator \>: Good thing he didn’t pay and arm and a leg for this storage locker!" ( not actual quotes) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/3 "2022-08-19T10:38:37Z")
yeah i think at the time of that thread no one knew they were murder victims or children ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/4 "2022-08-19T12:46:49Z")
I’m going to move those posts to this thread, since this is a much more descriptive title. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/5 "2022-08-16T20:11:09Z")
“I’ll get a buddy to look at these - good market for body parts at the local flea market.” \< narrator \>: Good thing he didn’t pay and arm and a leg for this storage locker!" ( not actual quotes) > **[New Zealand family buys suitcases stuffed with body parts](https://vancouversun.com/news/weird/new-zealand-family-buys-suitcases-stuffed-with-body-parts/wcm/2d42d5a8-7870-49eb-9097-dfb2cc714dee)** > > An unwitting family in New Zealand bought suitcases at a storage facility auction and discovered human body parts were packed in the bags. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/6 "2022-08-17T01:46:35Z")
I suppose the unwitting buyer will go back to the storage company to vent his spleen. All 12 of them. Were I that guy, I’d cast my jaundiced eyes upon the whole scene. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/7 "2022-08-17T02:04:59Z")
Thumbs up to your post! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/8 "2022-08-17T02:37:28Z")
When they discovered what they had bought I imagine they felt absolutely offal. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/9 "2022-08-17T02:42:31Z")
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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/10 "2022-08-17T02:44:11Z")
Sounds humerus. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/11 "2022-08-17T02:45:47Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > When they discovered what they had bought I imagine they felt absolutely offal That was just the knee-jerk reaction. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/12 "2022-08-17T04:26:01Z")
That tickled the ol’ funny bone. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/13 "2022-08-17T04:28:17Z")
I’ve really got to hand it to you guys… ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/14 "2022-08-17T06:32:11Z")
I predict this thread will have legs. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/15 "2022-08-17T06:40:57Z")
I don’t know, I can’t stomach it. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/16 "2022-08-17T13:40:36Z")
I understand they were head over heels about it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/17 "2022-08-17T19:09:46Z")
You know what they say: two’s company, three’s a crowd … and fifteen is a massacre. > [@Cervaise](#): > > I predict this thread will have legs. It’ll run far with that many feet. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/18 "2022-08-18T10:47:07Z")
There’s an antique store not too far from here that has a few human body parts for sale, in skeletal form. I admired the foot, which at $350 was the most accessible. Also a spine for $1300, which was more interesting because my own spine has so many issues and playing with a skeletal one would no doubt enlighten me. But I don’t know how good a deal these are – I buy so few body parts… ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/19 "2022-08-19T12:49:01Z")
okay, that is the end of the moved posts ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934/20 "2022-08-19T13:03:03Z")
I’m reminded of the guys who bought a pickup truck at a police auction in 1980 and got an unexpected surprise. “James Spurling, Jr., 25, and his brother, Richard, 19, both of Muscatine, spotted the black pickup at the Davenport police auction. They had another truck in need of repairs, and thought the black Chevrolet would be perfect for salvageable parts. Around noon and $140 later, the pickup belonged to them. When the auction ended they drove the truck out to their father’s Muscatine County farm.” “A few hours later the elder brother noticed a foul odor coming from the truck, and drove it out to a field where he could empty the grass and branches from the pickup truck’s bed. He went to grab a shovel to begin shoveling out the debris, when all the sudden he noticed a boot. He tried to pull it out, but it wouldn’t move. That’s when he saw a leg — a bug crawling across it — and realized a decomposing body lay beneath the refuse…Spurling, who said he initially thought the smell came from “a dead animal or something,” went back home to phone police. Once there, and not quite certain what he’d seen, he decided to have another look before placing the call. He then discovered the second set of boots and the other body, and immediately phoned police.” > **[Cody James and Gary Harker](https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/cody-james-and-gary-harker/)** > > Cody James, 30, and Gary Harker, 30, disappeared on Christmas 1979. Their bodies were found April 24, 1980 in the back of a pickup sold at a Davenport police auction. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934.md?page=2)