Man charged after stays discovered simply metres from household’s ‘lacking’ posters

A person has been charged with homicide following an investigation into the dying of a person who went lacking in Melbourne.

Neighbours dwelling close to the Westmeadows residence the place Joshua Bishop’s stays have been found have advised of their shock.

They revealed the Sunbury man’s household had lately posted lacking particular person notices simply metres from the place the physique was discovered.

After 32 agonising days of looking, Bishop’s physique was discovered at a Westmeadows residence, one block away from the place his cellphone final pinged.

Police raided a townhouse on Erinbank Crescent yesterday.

Locals mentioned there have been up 20 law enforcement officials plus the canine squad.

They searched the yard and inside the house and located human stays.

A 27-year-old man was arrested and police tonight introduced he had been charged with homicide.

Bus stops and light-weight poles throughout the street from the house the place the physique was discovered are nonetheless plastered with pleas for data.

“(His) mum got here in two Saturdays in the past, requested if she may hold an image up,” one native enterprise proprietor mentioned.

Lacking individuals detectives earlier declared Josh had no legal hyperlinks.

The 23 year-old was final seen by his housemates in Sunbury on Could 27.

Later, his cellphone pinged round Broadmeadows Valley Park.

Police spent days looking the world to no avail.

His household made an emotional attraction.

“It simply seems like a steady nightmare,” his father, Travis, mentioned.

There isn’t any clear hyperlink between the arrested man and the sufferer.

Buddies of the household right now left tributes on-line.

“We’re devastated and struggling to search out the phrases,” one wrote.

“Relaxation in peace, Josh. You’re deeply beloved, and you’ll by no means be forgotten.”

The 27-year-old is because of face Melbourne Magistrates’ Courtroom tomorrow.