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Her mother's fiancé, Justin Stein, was released on parole in
November 2020 from a six-and-a-half year sentence for drug possession in 2016. His family owns the Wildenstein Estate. The couple corresponded for the last two years of Kallista's prison sentence, and were engaged soon after her release. They had been engaged for 13 months at the time of Charlise's disappearance.
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Mutten was allegedly last seen on the afternoon of 13 January; however, her disappearance was not reported to police until the next day. A wide search by emergency services over five days failed to find her. Neighbours told police they saw a car leaving the resort without headlights at about 4.30 am
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Kallista had been jailed for three years after being convicted of dangerous driving occasioning death and driving with an illicit substance in her system.
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The Mutten case has highlighted a New South Wales law which is harsher than every other state. From the time that the accused is charged with a crime involving a child, the child’s name, and any information identifying them, can no longer be reported. This is despite the child's name being widely
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was visiting her mother, Kallista Mutten, and her mother's fiancé, Justin Stein, at the property, which is owned by Stein's family. The child's body was discovered on 18 January, about 65 km from Mount Wilson. Stein was subsequently found guilty of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment
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Penrith Local Court, Stein pleaded not guilty to domestic violence-related murder and improperly interfering with a corpse or human remains. On 19 June 2024, he was found guilty of murder. On 26 August 2024, Stein was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
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Police allege that Mutten was killed on either 11 or 12 January when she was left alone with Stein while her mother stayed overnight at a caravan park in Lower
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and charged with murder. On 13 January he had tried unsuccessfully to launch a boat at several locations after buying five 20 kg bags of sand. His vehicle was subsequently tracked to Colo River using GPS and CCTV records. The vehicle, a red
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