31 years old step-father, Justin Laurens Stein, has been charged with the murder of 9 year old, Charlise Mutten, whose body was found in a barrel on the banks of the Colo River in Jan 2020.
Police allege that Charlise Mutten was killed on either 11 or 12 January 2020 when she was left alone with Justin Stein while her mother stayed overnight at a caravan park, also owned by Stein's family. Police confirmed that Charlise died from a gunshot wound from a small-calibre firearm.
Justin Stein, 31, has been charged with Charlise’s murder
Charlise lived with her maternal grandmother, Deborah Mutten, in Coolangatta on Queensland’s Gold Coast, but had been enjoying a two-week holiday during the school break with her mother and her stepfather, Justin Laurens Stein, in the NSW Blue Mountains when her life was cut short.
9 year old, Charlise Mutten shot dead by his mother's fiancé, after the marriage with her biological father had broken down