Canterbury Police are appealing to the public for sightings of a car belonging to the victim of a homicide in Sydenham, Christchurch

The 50-year-old man was found with critical injuries yesterday afternoon, and later died.

Police are interested in sightings of a grey Holden Calais, with the registration LDE987.

The car is believed to have left the Otautahi Community Housing Trust on Brougham Street at 11.15am yesterday.

It was then abandoned twenty-minutes later on Monsaraz Boulevard near Halswell Road.

A scene examination at the housing complex is expected to take at least two more days.