Woman dies at Christchurch party
A woman who died after allegedly suffering stab wounds at a party in Christchurch was a ‘‘caring and loving’’ mother of a 3-year-old boy, her family says.
Police were called to an incident at a property in Avonhead shortly after midnight yesterday.
Canterbury district crime manager Detective Inspector Corrie Parnell said a woman had died and her death was being treated as a homicide.
Police are yet to name the victim, but family have confirmed she was 32-year-old Alicia Robinson.
Paul Robinson told Stuff he was struggling to come to grips with the loss of his daughter. He learned about her death when his two nieces visited his home in Nelson yesterday.
‘‘They said I need to sit down and take this phone call, their mother was on the other end of the phone and told me what happened. All I’ve heard is that she was in an altercation with this other girl, [she] got the better of her and so the other girl went and grabbed something sharp and stabbed her,’’ he said.
Paul Robinson said his daughter was ‘‘a good girl’’ and a loving mother to her three-year-old son. ’’I’m just in limbo at the moment wondering what the hell is going on. She’s in Christchurch, I’m in Nelson. What can you do?’’
Paul Robinson’s wife, Missy, said the family was ‘‘absolutely devastated’’.
‘‘All her family here in Nelson and Te Puke will dearly miss her presence.’’
She said Alicia Robinson was a ‘‘loving, caring’’ mother to her son.
Acting Detective Inspector Michael Ford said 20 investigators were working on the case.