BREAKING: Human remains found have been confirmed by police as “consistent” with those of a nine-year-old girl from the GoldCoast, who went missing six days ago in the BlueMountains. MORE: 9News
The girl was reported missing from Mt Wilson since Friday, January 14.A search has been carried out for the past five days. 9News is prevented from naming the girl for legal reasons.
"Obviously we start off these searches with a lot of hope but, unfortunately, we always have in the back of our minds the worst and that's why lessons from previous investigations have taught us that we don't just need to conduct the missing persons search but also, in parallel to that, an investigative search, which revealed remains last night," Deputy Commissioner Hudson said.
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