A young father whose baby died in suspicious circumstances more than four months ago is furious that homicide detectives have still not told him how his son died.
Three-month old Soul Mathew Turany died in Christchurch Hospital on August 31 last year.
Emergency services rushed the tiny infant to hospital after he suffered a head injury and was having breathing difficulties at a farm on Coaltrack Rd, near Burnham, 30km south of Christchurch.
It took police five weeks to speak publicly about the death and announce they had launched a homicide investigation.
The baby's mother Storme Turany has been spoken to by police, as has another young male known to her.
Soul's devastated father Corey Neligan, 24, was not at the farm at the time.
Now, he wants answers to how his son died.
"It's not a thousand piece puzzle. Someone has done something. It just doesn't happen on its own," a frustrated Mr Neligan said last night.
Police have not been in contact with the dairy farm worker for more than five weeks, he said, and he hadn't been informed as to what the post-mortem results were.
"I haven't heard anything," he said.
"All they can say is that they have spoken to someone else in relation to it and there is nothing else to tell me.
"[Police] sit there and say 'we're doing our best to get a good result for you', and I'm like, 'Are you really, mate?' Because from where I'm standing, they aren't doing bugger all.
"It seems like they are waiting for someone to speak out. It's a bit of a joke really. It doesn't put a lot of faith in the police."
Yesterday, police confirmed that the investigation into Soul's death was ongoing.
However, they were unable to respond to specific questions from NZME. News Service until later today.
Meanwhile, Mr Neligan, who is originally from Masterton, has moved back to the North Island to be close to his family.
He is trying to get on with his life but is struggling without knowing how "the best thing that ever came into my life" was taken away from him, he said.
"I sit there sometimes and picture what could of happened but I just don't know," said Mr Neligan.
"I'm trying to stay positive and just keep my head down. But it's always in the back of my head though.
"It's getting to the point now where [police] are running out of time and someone has to pay.
"I have to get justice for my son."
- Kurt Bayer of NZME. News Service
