then picked up at 10:35 or 10:40 pm. Another street prostitute testified that members of the Mongrel Mob gang were standing over prostitutes in central Christchurch that night, demanding $20 from each job, as they "owned the street". Manning's body was discovered by a kayaker in the Avon River at Avonside at about 6:50 am the next morning. Investigation Manning's watch had stopped at 11 o'clock, due to water damage. The initial investigation by police was hindered by bad weather and rain. Police confirmed that more than one weapon was behind Manning's death. The police interviewed more than 900 people and learned of a dark Ford Falcon that may have been involved. They also obtained Manning's client list, receiving a list of 40 people they were eager to speak to. The police took DNA evidence from a carpark where Manning was known to take her clients. There were numerous people of interest, specifically men who lived in Christchurch and regularly used prostitutes. The police dismissed the theory that the murder had been a robbery gone wrong as her handbag with all her belongings was still over her shoulder when she was discovered. After examining security footage from around the time of her disappearance, police were looking for an Indian man who may have been a client of hers and the driver of a blue four-wheel drive. Police said they wanted to speak with the occupants of a dark four-wheel drive seen at about 11 pm on the night she disappeared near where her body was found. In January 2009 police announced that grass seeds were found on the cardigan Manning was wearing, suggesting numerous places at which the murder could have taken place. In October 2009 a man who had lived with Manning was approached by police to identify a voice, which he recognised as a person in the "criminal underworld". Other persons of interest included a man in a singlet with brown curly hair, two men standing by a four-wheel drive and the driver of a white saloon vehicle, all seen on the night of her disappearance within metres of where her body was found. Several other murder cases were considered for links with Manning's, but no links were established. One of these cases was the February 2010 murder of Vanessa Pickering (who knew Manning personally). In December 2010 it was announced that the location where Manning was murdered