Detectives are appealing for an anonymous caller to come forward as they continue investigations into the suspicious death of a man in the state\u2019s Hunter region nearly two years ago.
\nJust after 5.30am on Saturday 29 September 2018, emergency services were called to Carrington Street at Glenridding, after a man\u2019s body was located on the side of the road.
\nThe man was later identified as New Zealand firefighter Ian Pullen, aged 43, who had come to the Hunter region to assist with bushfire efforts.
\nDetectives from Hunter Valley Police District formed Strike Force Awabakil to investigate the circumstances surrounding Mr Pullen\u2019s death.
\nInvestigators believe Mr Pullen was struck by a vehicle between 4am and 5.30am that day.
\nAn anonymous call made to police indicated that the vehicle involved returned to the scene, where the occupants exited the car and approached Mr Pullen while he was still alive.
\nHunter Valley Police District Crime Manager, Detective Inspector Matthew Zimmer, reminded the community that a $350,000 reward remained on offer for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for Mr Pullen\u2019s death.
\n\u201cIan Pullen had come to the region to help the community battle a bushfire threat and to think that someone struck him with their vehicle and left him to die is abhorrent,\u201d Det Insp Zimmer said.
\n\u201cAn anonymous tip-off has led investigators to believe the driver of the vehicle knew they had struck someone, and police are interested in their movements after exiting the car.
\n\u201cWe are appealing for that caller to come forward and speak with investigators so we can continue to piece together exactly what happened on that tragic morning.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s been nearly two years since Mr Pullen\u2019s death, and we want to provide some answers for his heart-broken family. They need to know what happened to their loving son, husband and father,\u201d Det Insp Zimmer said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Detectives are appealing for an anonymous caller to come forward as they continue investigations into the suspicious death of a man in the state\u2019s Hunter region nearly two years ago. Just after 5.30am on Saturday 29 September 2018, emergency services were called to Carrington Street at Glenridding, after a man\u2019s body was located on the … Continue reading “Anonymous caller urged to come forward as investigations continue into suspicious death – Hunter Valley PD”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}