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A Coroner's set to rule in coming weeks on one of New Zealand鈥檚 most baffling missing persons cases.
John Beckenridge broke a court order to pick up 11-year-old stepson, Mike Zhao-Beckenridge, from his Invercargill school in 2015.
A week later, their car went over a cliff near Curio Bay, with no bodies found.
聽ZB journalist Courtney Winter says the court's heard unusual texts from the pair, including one that stood out.
"From Mike to his mother: You do not care what I say, you do not deserve to be my mum and you certainly do not deserve my love."
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