The 13-year-old loved fashion,her friends and shopping. Now her family are struggling to comprehend what happened in the hours leading up to her death and discovery of her body in bushland.
Layla Jeffery was last seen almost a week ago and a 16-year-old boy has been arrested after the discovery of her body.
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A widespread Telstra outage has disrupted mobile and data connections across the network,halting local business payments and completely stalling V-Line train services throughout Victoria. Follow for updates.
The widespread outage led to at least 300 Triple Zero calls failing,and six customers told Telstra they needed more help when welfare checks were conducted.
The accused graffiti agitator allegedly climbed a giant concrete pillar to spray-paint a giant Pam the Bird tag early on Tuesday morning.
A young man is fighting for life in hospital after an incident in Lalor which forced officials to cancel two matches.
The man,now in his 50s,was taken to hospital after fellow inmates found out the extent of his crimes,sources say.
Police have exhumed the child’s remains in the hope they can solve the mystery of its identity,The body was found in a Ballarat dam decades ago.