Editing Parker–Hulme murder case (section)

==Murder==
On the afternoon of 22 June 1954, Parker and Hulme had afternoon tea with Parker's mother, Honorah Rieper, in a tea kiosk in [[Victoria Park, Christchurch|Victoria Park]], Christchurch. Following their meal they walked through a wooded area of the park approximately {{convert|130|m}} down the path, where Hulme and Parker bludgeoned Rieper to death with half of a brick enclosed in an old stocking.<ref name=crimelib /> After committing the murder, the two girls ran back to the tea kiosk. They were met by Agnes and Kenneth Ritchie, owners of the tea shop, whom they told that Rieper had fallen and hit her head.

Rieper's body was discovered in Victoria Park<ref name=crimelib>{{cite web|url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/parker_hulme/index.html|title=Dutiful Daughters|publisher=TruTV Crime Library |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070901015408/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/parker_hulme/index.html |archive-date=1 September 2007}}</ref> by Ritchie. Major [[laceration]]s were found about her head, neck, and face, with minor injuries to her fingers. Police soon discovered the murder weapon in the nearby woods. The girls' story of Rieper's accidental death quickly fell apart.