A man has faced court charged with the murder of missing Melbourne teenager Isla Bell. Human remains believed to be those of the 19-year-old were found at a waste management site in the city's south-east last night.
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00:00Many in the Melbourne community are today reeling at the allegation that another woman
00:06has allegedly been murdered at the hands of a man.
00:08In this instance, 20-year-old Isla Bell, who's been missing for almost two months.
00:12Now, police say that Isla was 19 when she was last seen leaving her home in Brunswick
00:17on the 4th of October.
00:18The last activity from her phone and bank account was about two days later.
00:22There's little detail about what unfolded in the next six to seven weeks, but yesterday
00:26police executed search warrants at two properties in Melbourne's south east.
00:31Subsequently, they say human remains were later located at a tip in Dandenong, where
00:35I am today, and those have now been confirmed to be Isla Bell's remains.
00:40Now, 53-year-old Marat Garnier from St Kilda has been charged with murder.
00:45He faced court this morning and was remanded in custody.
00:47A 57-year-old man from Hampton has been charged with helping him, and a 67-year-old man from
00:53Mulgrave has been released pending further inquiry.
00:56As I said, we have few other details about what police will be alleging as part of this
01:00investigation, other than to say that about a month ago, Isla's family made a teary presentation
01:06to media, where they spoke about how desperate they were for Isla's safe return.
01:12You can only imagine the depth of the loss and sadness that those people must be feeling
01:16today.