A man has been charged with murder over the disappearance of a nine-year-old girl who went missing last week in the Blue Mountains. 7NEWS
A man has been charged with murder over the disappearance of a nine-year-old girl who went missing last week in the Blue Mountains.
The 32-year-old man was arrested at a unit in Surry Hills on Tuesday night, before he was taken to Surry Hills Police Station and charged with murder.The nine-year-old was last seen on Thursday afternoon, about 20 kilometres north of Katoomba. She was reported missing last Friday, prompting a search involving more than one hundred police and emergency personnel including dog units, police helicopters and the SES.On Sunday, Chief Inspector Garry Sims said police had “grave concerns for her safety”.
On Monday, a NSW Police spokesperson confirmed the homicide squad had also been called in to assist local authorities. “A number of squads usually assist with these types of searches and homicide is just one of these,” a police spokeswoman said on Monday afternoon.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Man charged with murder over disappearance of nine-year-old girl in Blue MountainsA 32-year-old man was arrested in Surry Hills on Tuesday night and will face court on Wednesday
Read more »
Search for missing nine-year-old in Blue Mountains enters fourth dayPolice say Charlise&x27;s mother, Kallista Mutten and her fiancée, Justin Stein, have given conflicting versions and timelines about her disappearance, making it hard to pinpoint when and where she vanished from.
Read more »
Search resumes for nine-year-old girl missing for four days in NSW's Blue MountainsA wide-scale search has resumed in the Blue Mountains in NSW for nine-year-old girl Charlise Mutten, who was last seen at a property four days ago.
Read more »
Charlise Mutten: search resumes for nine-year-old NSW girl missing in Blue MountainsPolice have grave concerns for Charlise Mutten’s safety, but good weather has given them hope
Read more »
Wet weather hampers search for missing nine-year-old girl in NSW Blue MountainsEmergency services have spent a fifth day searching for Charlise Mutten, who was reported missing from a Mt Wilson estate last Friday.
Read more »