Man charged with murder after nine-year-old girl’s body found in a barrel near Blue Mountains
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#5V5BH)
A 31-year-old man was arrested in Surry Hills on Tuesday night and faced court on Wednesday after the missing girl's body was found near the Colo River
New South Wales police say they have found the remains of a child in a barrel in bushland near the Colo River that they believe is a nine-year-old girl missing in the Blue Mountains since late last week.
The girl, who can no longer be named due to a murder charge being laid, had been holidaying with family at Wildenstein Private Gardens in Mount Wilson west of Sydney before she was reported missing on Friday.
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