The search for missing Melbourne woman Isla Bell has ended with the discovery of human remains at a tip in Melbourne’s south-east overnight. A man has faced court charged with her murder. The young woman's family want her to be remembered as more than a statistic.
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00:00She was a lover of animals and a loyal friend, who hoped to one day be a marine biologist.
00:09Isla was a beautiful, kind, honest, courageous person.
00:17Everything about her just radiated light.
00:21But that dream has been taken away.
00:2453-year-old Marat Garnier from St Kilda has been charged with Isla Bell's murder
00:29and 57-year-old Eyal Yafi charged with assisting an offender with murder.
00:34Isla, then 19, was last seen leaving her home in Brunswick at the start of October.
00:39Police have previously said her phone went inactive about two days later.
00:43About two weeks after that, on Isla's 20th birthday, her heartbroken mother begged for her safe return.
00:50My heart just aches.
00:52Police raided properties in Bentley East and Mulgrave yesterday before the horrific discovery overnight.
00:59In court documents, police allege she was murdered on October 7.
01:03It's been a really difficult time and the news that we've heard has been devastating.
01:11Mr Garnier's court appearance was over in minutes,
01:14with no details of the allegations against him before he was remanded in custody.
01:19But his lawyer told the court Mr Garnier had gone two days without taking prescribed methadone,
01:24a medication used to treat opioid dependence.
01:27He'll return to court in March.