Mt Eden bones in backyard case officially a homicide investigation Sun, 11 Apr 2021, 9:49AM Police are now officially treating the human remains found on Marlborough St, Mt Eden, Auckland, in January 2020 as a homicide. Photo / Alex Burton Mt Eden bones in backyard case officially a homicide investigation Sun, 11 Apr 2021, 9:49AM It was a house for men to hide from society while alive, and last week police confirmed it was also the place to hide a murder. Someone managed to keep that secret for at least a decade. The Mt Eden property beneath which human remains encased in concrete were found on January 31 last year is now officially being treated as a homicide investigation.