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The ‘scattered’ biological father of a schoolgirl who was allegedly murdered and thrown into a barrel by the river has vowed to ‘get an answer’ about her tragic death.
The man, who could not be identified for legal reasons, shared a tribute Wednesday morning, hours after learning that his daughter’s body was found a week after she disappeared from Mount Wilson’s property in the Blue Mountains.
They said, ‘Bye bye pretty girl… we will answer you, and we will give you due respect.’
‘You have captured the hearts of the nation and the world, and now those hearts are breaking with me.’
Sources told Daily Mail Australia that as shocking new details emerged about the girl’s death on Wednesday, troubled police found her body inside a barrel in scrubland near the Colo River.
A few weeks before she went missing, the little girl won a literacy award at the end of her school year.
Tributes have been posted to ‘get answers’ about the tragic death of a schoolgirl who was allegedly murdered and thrown into a barrel by a river.
Daily Mail Australia may reveal shocking new details about the alleged murder of a nine-year-old girl as the 32-year-old prepares to face Sydney court on Wednesday morning
From where she disappeared, she was searched fiercely in about an hour.
The young girl usually lives with her grandmother in Coolangatta, near the Gold Coast, but stays with her mother and stepfather during school holidays.
She attends a local primary school south of the border, where she is known to be an enthusiastic and cheerful schoolgirl.
A few weeks before she disappeared, the little girl won a literacy award at the year-end ceremony at her school.
Her father swore ‘this will never end’ [her] or [her] Story’ said in its statement on Wednesday.
‘It doesn’t happen. Children need to be safe. What is wrong with people?’
Police had already searched the Colo and Hawkesbury Rivers after learning that a boat had been used hours after his disappearance, but returned to the scene on Tuesday with new information.
The 32-year-old was arrested from an apartment in Surry Hills on Tuesday night. He will face court on Wednesday
A 32-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder from the Suri Hills unit at around 8.30 pm on Tuesday.
He will face the Central Local Court on Wednesday morning. Neither he nor the girl could be identified due to legal reasons.
It is being told that the accused was allegedly trying to carry the barrel to the river, but could not pull it through the thick bushes and left it in the bushes.
The victim, who was vacationing with her mother and mother’s fiancé, went missing from a multi-million dollar property in Mount Wilson on Thursday afternoon.
His disappearance was not reported till 8.20 am the next morning.
Police had already searched the Colo and Hawkesbury rivers after learning that a boat had been used hours after his disappearance.
Police launched a massive search operation on Tuesday night along the Colo River, west of Sydney. The remains of a child, not yet identified, were found in a river barrel.
NSW police also searched the Colo River, about an hour from the Blue Mountains, but it was unclear what they were looking for and what they found.
Police told volunteers that the little girl would still be tired if she got lost in the bush
Her grandmother shared an adorable picture two weeks ago on January 5. Against the backdrop of the sea, the nine-year-old leaned back and kissed her grandmother’s cheek.
Five days later, when the girl went to NSW to visit her mother, the grandmother confessed to a friend that she was “struggling”.
Had to do a little silly business to lift the mood,’ he said alongside a photo of himself using the comedic Snapchat filter.
‘A bit of a struggle, to be quite honest.’
Earlier this week, police seized a vehicle and a boat as part of the investigation.
A man has been charged with murder after a nine-year-old girl went missing in the Blue Mountains. Emergency crews are seen in the Colo River near Blue Mountains