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Offender Database Stephen Anderson

Stephen Lawrence Anderson

Alias

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Offences

Killed six people in Raurimu in February 1997

Victims

Albert Anderson
Neville Anderson
Paul Anderson
Andrea Brander
Stephen Burnie
Hank Van der Wetering

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1972

Current Location

Secure psychiatric institution

Parole/Release Dates

Found not guilty but insane. Was committed as a special patient
Released July 2009, now back in custody

Background
NZ Herald story here and here
Stephen Anderson was yet another case that fell through the gaping cracks in the mental health system. As usual, no-one was made accountable...
It appears that he had been released according to this article and now recalled to a psychiatric hospital according to this article

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