WARNING: Distressing content The man accused of murdering nine-year-old Charlise Mutten had an ongoing drug issue and had previously spent time in jail, a court has been told. Justin Laurens Stein, 33, is accused of killing the schoolgirl on or around January 12, 2022, at Mount Wilson, in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. He has pleaded not guilty.
While her mother was in custody, Charlise was being cared for by grandparents who lived in Tweed Heads, where she also attended school. She flew to Sydney on December 21, 2021 with plans to spend Christmas and New Year’s Eve with her mother and Stein. On January 14, Mutten contacted police and reported her daughter missing. Police found Charlise’s body four days later, on January 18, concealed in a barrel dumped on the banks of the Colo River.
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