SOUTH MORANG, VIC. — Homicide Squad detectives have charged a seventh person – a child – as part of an investigation into the death of a man whose body was discovered in Tarneit last month after he was arrested yesterday.
Officers executed a search warrant in the Wyndham area yesterday afternoon.
A 17-year-old boy was arrested and interviewed by detectives.
He has been charged with murder, aggravated home invasion, kidnapping and criminal damage by fire and will face a children’s court today.
The charges relate to the alleged kidnapping of a 30-year-old man from a Darius Terrace address in South Morang about 3am on May 15.
Police will allege the South Morang man was dragged out of his house and into a vehicle that fled the area.
Emergency services later responded to reports that a man was located deceased in parkland near Bruny Drive in Tarneit about 4.30am.
It is also alleged by police that the vehicle used in this incident was set alight on Mt Mary Road in Eynesbury later that morning.
An investigation is ongoing.
Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
