Olive Walker
The trail of the person who killed Rotorua woman Olive Walker 36 years ago appears to have gone cold.
Psychics in the Sensing Murder TV series provided fresh information to police in February after believing they had come close to cracking the identity of the killer.
Police say they have no firm leads as to who killed the 18-year-old but say the case is far from closed.
Australian psychic Deb Webber told the Daily Post she was surprised nothing had come of her information because she had heard otherwise.
"That's different to what we have heard.
But we are not able to talk about it."
Detective George Staunton of the Rotorua CIB said that while the TV show on Olive, which screened in February, had resulted in more than 50 phone calls and a huge amount of new information, nothing concrete had been established.
"There are three or four leads or avenues we are looking at but none of them are the same person."
Mr Staunton said there had been other homicides in the Bay of Plenty district this year and police had to concentrate their resources on the more recent cases.
"I plug away at it when I can. It's just a matter of giving it some attention to resolve it one way or another."
Olive went missing while walking to her sister's home in Rotorua.
Her body was found by teenagers in a rest area off the highway south of the city. She had received severe head injuries and had been sexually assaulted.
Ms Webber's supposed ability to communicate with the dead saw her strike up a friendship with the spirit of Olive during and after the investigation.
She said yesterday she could not feel disappointed there had been no progress so far because she believed "the universe" would serve justice to the killer.
"What goes around comes around ... disappointed is not really the right word.
"I think it is more sad the people don't get caught but I know there is a big plan in the universe for them.
"I become emotionally detached because I work with people who die each day."
She said she hoped the family could grieve more now knowing something had been done to try to help solve the murder.
"As long as the family have got their closure ... Olive is an amazing beautiful girl.
"No one deserved to be attacked and abused like that. Some people are disgusting, sick."
But Olive's family have no closure. Her Rotorua sister, Mary Dillon, said she wanted the case to be over.
"The sooner it's over and done with, the better. It was a good process at first but now it's getting a bit hoha [of a nuisance]."
She said family members were often stopped in the street by people wanting to talk about it.
"A lot of people had watched it from the top of the North Island to the bottom of the South but now we are tired of talking about it to be honest."
Despite the frustration, she said the family was pleased they had taken part in Sensing Murder and would do it again.
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