Children played with body for 11 days
Children spent 11 days playing with the remains of what they thought was a crocodile in a creek before a parent discovered that the body was human, it emerged yesterday.The children had picked up parts of the badly decomposed body in Stanmore Bay on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, just north of Auckland.
Police are investigating whether the remains are those of Alanah Brough, 39, missing since January.
The children play for the Hibiscus Coast Raiders Rugby League Club.
They found the skeleton during a gala day on July 25, said vice-chairman Merve Heka.
