Human remains found in search for missing Victorian teenager Isla Bell
Police have found human remains believed to be missing Melbourne woman Isla Bell and charged a man with her murder.
Mrs Bell was last seen six and a half weeks ago, leaving her home address at around 6pm on October 4.
On Wednesday, detectives from the Missing Persons Squad arrested three men after executing search warrants at two properties in Bentleigh East and Mulgrave.
The remains were found in Dandenong in Melbourne’s south-east on Tuesday evening and have yet to be formally identified.
A 53-year-old man from St. Kilda has since been charged with murder, while a 57-year-old man from Hampton has been charged with accessory after the fact (murder).
A 63-year-old Mulgrave man was released pending further inquiries.
The Missing Persons Squad formally took over the investigation in late October.
Isla’s family has been informed.
Two men have been charged after police found suspected human remains during their search of Isla Bell
Isla Bell, 19, was last seen leaving her home in Brunswick, inner-city Melbourne, around 6pm on October 4.
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