Who Set Claire Hills on Fire?

Claire Elizabeth Hills, known as Lisa, was a 30-year-old McDonald’s manager commuting to her early shift at the airport when she disappeared on April 28, 1998. Her black Mazda hatchback was found ablaze at Māngere Mountain, and firefighters discovered her body in the back seat—she had been tied up, doused in petrol, and burned alive. Autopsy findings revealed she was likely alive but unconscious when the fire began, and she had sustained fractures to her skull and throat, along with evidence of sexual assault. A delay in alerting the fire brigade—caused by a police communications error—meant vital forensic evidence was destroyed, although investigators concluded that Claire could not have been saved. Police created a DNA profile in 2007, but it has yet to match any suspect. Despite sketches based on eyewitness sightings and a NZ$50,000 reward, her killer remains at large and the case stays unsolved as a haunting cold case.
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