Summarised by Centrist
An X post from Suit and Tie (@Suitandtie9999) has drawn attention to new OIA documents showing that nearly two years after the death of 10-month-old Ruthless-Empire Souljah Reign Rihnd Shepherd Walll, known as Baby Ru, police have not made any arrests.
“There remain three persons of interest in this investigation,” the OIA read.
The OIA response confirmed that Operation Hulene is still active 672 days on. “As the police publicly declared there are 3 ‘persons of interest’ in the case, this has not changed,” the document stated.
They include his mother Storm Angel Wall, her housemate Rosie Morunga and Morunga’s partner Dylan Ross, the only people home when he was attacked.
But unlike October last year, when RNZ reported Wellington police had “six full-time investigators working on the case” and that they were “zeroing in on the person — or persons—responsible,” police now say they cannot confirm how many officers remain on the investigation due to “fluctuations depending on current priorities.”
The shift in messaging has raised questions over whether the inquiry has lost momentum, despite ongoing public interest in one of New Zealand’s highest-profile child homicide cases.
Police say ‘Baby Ru’ was killed after his skull was fractured in an attack. He was just two days away from his second birthday.
