Mr Stein tells police in his second interview, that he lied in his first.The alleged killer of Charlise Mutten told police the child's mother planned to take her and run off with her ex-partner hours after he initially blamed an unknown real estate agent for her disappearance, a court has heard.
Prosecutors previously told the court they believe Charlise was killed in the early hours of the morning on January 12, while alone with Mr Stein at his family's property in Mount Wilson.In the recording, Mr Stein tells detectives "Kallista's been planning to take Charlise", and claimed that she was going to do a "runner" with the girl's biological father, who lived in Queensland.
The court heard Mr Stein changed his story to say that Charlise was actually alone with Kallista at the caravan park on the morning she went missing, while he was in Mount Wilson.Accused quizzed about Charlise When asked by police whether he thought Charlise was still alive he responded "honestly, I do really think she's OK".
The jury had previously been shown CCTV footage from January 13, a day before Mr Stein was interviewed by police.
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