A third person has died after a violent incident in Rotorua.

A man and his wife were seriously assaulted at their home on Russell Cres on September 23.

The man’s wife died last Saturday, and the man died in hospital yesterday.

Another woman’s dead body was found about 5km away on the same day, in an incident police believed was linked.

A 52-year-old man was earlier arrested and charged with murder. He is now facing three murder charges, police said.

He has been remanded in custody and is due to reappear in the Rotorua High Court next Friday.

Police said they were not seeking anybody else.