Murray Jeffries (born 1 August 1937) is a former New Zealand field athlete and police officer.
[2] In 1954, Jeffries set a junior national record of 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) in the high jump.
[3] He was a member of the New Zealand team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, where he finished ninth in the high jump with a height of 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m).
[1][10] He went on to become a detective at the Otahuhu Criminal Investigation Branch, and he was officer in charge of the scene following the 1970 murders of Jeannette and Harvey Crewe at their Pukekawa farm.
[11][12] Jeffries later moved to Hawke's Bay, where he was involved in investigations including the disappearance of Kirsa Jensen and the murder of Teresa Cormack.