Three people have appeared in court in relation to the death of a teenager, whose body was found on Christmas Eve in northern Victoria after a car fire.
After putting out a car fire at Bunbartha at 10am, emergency personnel discovered the body of Charlie Gander, 19, of Wangaratta.
On Tuesday morning, Kylie Stott, 37, and Danny Clark, 38, were indicted for the teen’s murder and appeared before Shepparton Magistrates Court.
On a single murder accusation, Dimitri D’Elio, 24, appeared in court on Tuesday afternoon.
It was discovered during separate sessions that due to the teen’s remains’ state, it could take pathologists up to four months to produce an autopsy report.
Police have spoken with each of the three co-defendants.
On December 24, they allegedly killed Gander in the City of Greater Shepparton.
Detective Senior Constable Alex Nucci testified in court that Stott’s account of the events did not line up with the facts that have been reviewed.
Det Nucci stated without providing any other information that one of the two male co-accused declined to comment while the other disputed the accusations.
Magistrate David Faram questioned whether further suspects in the teen’s death might be brought to justice.
Det Nucci acknowledged that the case was unfortunately complicated and that there were still open questions. He added that the probe may include hundreds of hours of CCTV footage.
The delay, according to Stott’s attorney, would be detrimental to her client, who is being held in custody for the first time.
The Mooroopna woman was hit by a car some time ago, which has left her with severe back pain, anxiety, separation anxiety from her children, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
According to her attorney, she is also going through methamphetamine and cannabis withdrawal.
According to Clark’s lawyer Natasha Van Der Heyden, the Shepparton resident also has anxiety, melancholy, back discomfort, and maybe moderate withdrawal symptoms from drugs and alcohol.
Also from Mooroopna, D’Elio’s parents backed him in court.
In order to discuss his depression diagnosis, his attorney requested that he visit a jail doctor.
On June 27, the three must appear in court once more.
