Charlise Mutten, nine years old, was shot and her body was dumped in a barrel in bushland in the NSW Hawkesbury region on January 2022.
The murder of Charlise Mutten has grabbed the world’s attention. Charlise was discovered dead in a barrel along the Colo River’s banks.
On January 14, the child went missing while on vacation in Wildenstein Private Gardens in Mount Wilson, NSW Blue Mountains.
Charlise Mutten Murder Case Update
Charlise lives with her grandma in the Coolangatta district of Queensland.
Charlise was last seen on the veranda of the Mount Wilson residence on Thursday, January 13th, according to police.
Her disappearance was not reported until 8.20 a.m. on Friday, January 14.
Justin Stein is accused of shooting Charlise Mutten on his family’s property in the Blue Mountains in January and then dumping her body in a barrel.
On January 18, he was charged with murder when the body was discovered in the jungle near the Colo River.
Stein has since been charged with having a firearm and two charges of having child abuse material.
Where Is Justin Laurens Stein Now?
Justin Laurens Stein, the man suspected of murdering Charlise Mutten, a nine-year-old girl whose body was discovered in a barrel in woodland in NSW’s the Blue Mountains, is facing further charges.
Justin Stein was charged with possessing an unlicensed and unregistered firearm, ammunition without a license, and aggravated break and enter-in company at the Silverwater Correctional Facility in New South Wales.
Stein, who is currently detained, is scheduled to appear in Penrith Local Court. He was also charged with two charges of child abuse and material possession for unrelated reasons.
Who Are Charlise Mutten Parents?
Charlise Mutten had lived at Coolangatta with her maternal grandmother since she was five years old.
Her parents had divorced shortly after she was born, and she had no contact with her father after that.
Kallista, her mother, had been sentenced to three years in prison for reckless driving resulting in death and driving while under the influence of an illegal narcotic.
Justin Stein, her mother’s fiance was granted parole in November 2020 after serving a six-and-a-half-year term for drug possession in 2016.
What Happened To Charlise Mutten?
On the 13th of January 2022, Charlise Mutten allegedly vanished from the Wildenstein Estate wedding venue in Mount Wilson, New South Wales, Australia.
Mutten was last seen on the afternoon of January 13th, but her disappearance was not reported to the authorities until the next day.
Emergency personnel conducted a five-day search but were unable to locate her.
On the 14th of January, at about 4.30 a.m., neighbors reported seeing a car departing the resort without headlights.
Stein was arrested and accused of murder at his house in Surry Hills. Using GPS and CCTV information, his vehicle was eventually tracked near Colo River.