Date | 11–12 January 2022 |
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Location | Mount Wilson, New South Wales, Australia |
Cause | Gunshot |
Deaths | Charlise Mutten |
Accused | Justin Stein |
Charges | Murder |
Publication bans | Initial suppression of victim name |
Charlise Mutten, a nine-year-old Australian girl, allegedly disappeared from the Wildenstein Estate wedding venue at Mount Wilson in the Blue Mountains area of New South Wales, Australia on 13 January 2022. Mutten, who lived with her grandmother in Coolangatta, Queensland was visiting her mother, Kallista Mutten, and her mother's fiancé, Justin Stein, at the property, which is owned by Stein's family. The child's body was discovered on 18 January, about 65 km from Mount Wilson. Stein has been charged with her murder.