"We are currently looking at a number of items at the site. Aside from the burglaries we are now able to link to Tom, it is apparent that he had outside help, said detective senior sergeant Andrew Saunders. As the investigation has been going on, we've always suspected Tom Phillips has been receiving help, Saunders said. Police would now open a new investigation to identify anyone who helped Phillips."
"The pictures released on Wednesday show a campsite found roughly 200m from the site where his children were discovered, police said in a statement. The images show a steep incline where tarpaulins have been erected among the trees. Camouflage netting covers one corner of a large structure. Inside the campsite is a gas cylinder, a portable stove top, large buckets, gumboots and a tent that looks to be set into a dugout area."
Tom Phillips spent nearly four years hiding in the wilderness with his three children. He was killed in an exchange of fire with police after reports of a burglary in Piopio in the central North Island. Two children were later found safe at a campsite in Waitomo; the third child was believed to be with Phillips at the time of the shooting. Police identified a main campsite roughly 200m from where the children were found and said items at the site indicate he received outside assistance. A new investigation will seek to identify and hold accountable anyone who helped Phillips, and objects at the campsite will be analysed for links to burglaries.
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