Thu, 24 Sep 2009 4:37p.m.
The two women found under the floorboards of Christchurch's "house of horrors" were strangled, the Christchurch Star website is reporting.
Tisha Lowry, 28, and Rebecca Somerville, 35, met similar deaths almost a year apart.
Ms Somerville's husband Jason Somerville has been charged with murdering both women. He reappears in the district court in November.
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