TrendsWide
Contact US
  • Home
  • Trending
  • Health
  • Life Style
  • NBA
  • Reviews
No Result
View All Result
TrendsWide
  • Home
  • Trending
  • Health
  • Life Style
  • NBA
  • Reviews
No Result
View All Result
TrendsWide
No Result
View All Result
Home Australia

Police recover body of mother-of-four just weeks after her disappearance became

by souhaib
December 30, 2020
in Australia
0
74
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
ADVERTISEMENT


Body of missing mum-of-four is found fight eight months after she vanished – as man, 31, is charged with her murder

  • Officers had searched Snake Valley bushland for missing woman just weeks ago
  • Missing Persons Squad detectives and police had appealed for information  
  • Kobie Parfitt, 43, was last seen at a Hickman Street home, in Ballarat in April  
  • Her mother Kathy Snowball had made an impassioned plea for information 
  • The plea led to crucial tip-off to detectives who raided the Hickman Street home
  • 31 -year old Wendouree man Brendan Prestage was charged with murder 
  • Police have revealed they also recovered Ms Parfitt’s body during the search

By Wayne Flower, Melbourne Correspondent

You might also like

Fears the Bondi Covid cluster has spread 60km away as a childcare centre is forced to close

China accused using UNESCO puppet against Australia over Great Barrier Reef world heritage listing

Queensland slams its borders shut to Sydney Covid hotspots

Published: 02:13 GMT, 30 December 2020 | Updated: 02:13 GMT, 30 December 2020

Kobie Parfitt (pictured), 43, is believed to have been murdered on April 28 – the last day police believe she was last seen alive

Police have charged a man with the murder of mother of four Kobie Parfitt after discovering her body in bushland. 

Brendan James Prestage, 31, of Wendouree – just outside of Ballarat in country Victoria – was charged on Wednesday just weeks after police scoured bushland along the Pittong-Snake Valley Road in Snake Valley. 

The Missing Persons Squad detectives, with the assistance of police from the Search and Rescue Squad, only began searching the area this month after receiving a tip-off that she may have been murdered. 

On December 14, Detective Inspector Andrew Stamper, of the Missing Persons Squad, said officers believed they were closing in on those responsible for Ms Parfitt’s death.

‘We have returned to the area a number of times as part of this investigation and will continue to return each time we receive new information,’ he said.

‘There are definitely people in the Ballarat community who know what happened to Kobie.

Police alleged Ms Parfitt was last seen alive in April at a property on Hickman Street, 115km northwest of Melbourne.

‘We know she was last seen alive at a property in Hickman Street on 28 April however we are still yet to locate her body,’ Inspector Stamper said at the time. 

Police searched an area of bushland along the Pittong-Snake Valley Road in Snake Valley (pictured) for the body of Kobie Parfitt before finding it down a mineshaft

Police searched an area of bushland along the Pittong-Snake Valley Road in Snake Valley (pictured) for the body of Kobie Parfitt before finding it down a mineshaft 

On Wednesday, the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court heard police alleged Prestage murdered Ms Parfitt that same day. 

Prosecutors revealed the investigation remained wide open, which could indicate more people could be charged.  

The eight month search for Ms Parfitt had only become a homicide investigation last month after police received information indicating she was murdered.

Neither her phone or bank accounts had been accessed since she went missing.

Ms Parfitt, who was also a grandmother-of three, had become estranged from her family.

She was living in central Ballarat and had previously worked in disability support and aged care.

Her body was located last week in a mine shaft in the area where police had searched. 

Detectives questioned a 31-year-old woman the following day in relation to the case, but no charges were laid and she was released. 

Just last month, Ms Parfitt’s mother Kathy Snowball made an impassioned plea for information from the public as to the whereabouts of her daughter, which led to a tip-off to police. 

‘We all need to know where she is and we need to bring her home,’ she said at the time. 

‘So that we can tell her kids move forward, put her to rest, and so we can just remember the beautiful person that she was.’  

Police received a tip-off following a public appeal for information, which led them to believe she was last seen alive at a property on Hickman Street (pictured) in Ballarat, Victoria

Police received a tip-off following a public appeal for information, which led them to believe she was last seen alive at a property on Hickman Street (pictured) in Ballarat, Victoria

Ms Parfitt (pictured) was a mother-of-four and a grandmother-of three but had become estranged from her family

Ms Parfitt (pictured) was a mother-of-four and a grandmother-of three but had become estranged from her family

It is understood Ms Parfitt’s friends and family did not suspect foul play for some months due to her transient lifestyle. 

She had last been seen by her mother in March, but was known to frequently bump into relatives in the centre of Ballarat.

‘Now, they all they want is closure,’ Ms Snowball said at the time. 

Prestage appeared in court from his jail cell at the Melbourne Custody Centre via videolink. 

Dressed in a black singlet and sporting a ‘man bun’, the bearded convict said nothing. 

The court heard it is not the first time he had been caged before. 

Prestage made no application for bail and was remanded in custody until April next year. 

Share or comment on this article:



Source link

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Pinterest
  • Telegram
  • Email
Tags: dailymail australia
Share30Tweet19
Previous Post

Boeing 737 Max planes are flying again after nearly two years of stopping

Next Post

Iraqi interpreters ‘stalked by death squads’ for helping the British

souhaib

Recommended For You

Fears the Bondi Covid cluster has spread 60km away as a childcare centre is forced to close

by souhaib
June 23, 2021
0

Fears the Bondi Covid cluster has spread 60km away as a childcare centre in Sydney's south-west is forced to close after a positive case spent a day there Little...

Read more

China accused using UNESCO puppet against Australia over Great Barrier Reef world heritage listing

by souhaib
June 23, 2021
0

2019: Australian intelligence services conclude that China was responsible for a cyber-attack on Australia's parliament and three largest political parties in the run-up to a May election.April 2020:...

Read more

Queensland slams its borders shut to Sydney Covid hotspots

by souhaib
June 23, 2021
0

Queensland slams its borders shut to Sydney hotspots as New South Wales battles a growing Covid clusterQueensland slams borders shut to anyone from Sydney's hotspot suburbs Anyone entering from...

Read more

UEFA denies Munich mayor’s Euro 2020 rainbow stadium gesture to protest against a Hungarian law

by souhaib
June 22, 2021
0

UEFA has refused a request from Munich's mayor for a stadium to be lit in rainbow colours for Germany's Euro 2020 match against Hungary on Wednesday in protest...

Read more

England march on in Euro 2020, but it’s group stage agony for Scotland

by souhaib
June 22, 2021
0

Who could England face in the Round of 16? England have won Group D That means they will face the runners up of Group F - the so-called 'Group of...

Read more
Next Post

Iraqi interpreters 'stalked by death squads' for helping the British

No Result
View All Result

Recent Posts

  • One Dead In Shooting After Tennessee High School Graduation
  • Pramila Jayapal endorses Jessica Cisneros in Texas runoff
  • Ford recalls SUVs due to engine fire risk
  • Your Home Internet Marketing Business 90% off Discount
  • Trendy Gold Bangle Designs And How To Style Them

Browse by Category

  • Australia
  • Automotive
  • Business
  • Celebrity
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Deals
  • Economie
  • Education
  • Euro
  • Forex
  • Gaming
  • Health
  • Life Style
  • NBA
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Sports
  • Switzerland
  • Trending
  • U.S.
  • Uncategorized

Categories

  • Australia
  • Automotive
  • Business
  • Celebrity
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Deals
  • Economie
  • Education
  • Euro
  • Forex
  • Gaming
  • Health
  • Life Style
  • NBA
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Sports
  • Switzerland
  • Trending
  • U.S.
  • Uncategorized

Pages

  • Contact US
  • Newsletter
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions

© 2021 - TrendsWide

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Contact US
  • Privacy Policy
  • Trending
  • U.S.
  • Economie
  • Deals
  • Reviews
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Health
  • Life Style
  • NBA

© 2021 - TrendsWide

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.